title: Urologic oncology in Japan: current status and future direction.
abstract: In Japan, there has been a substantial increase in urologic cancer, and it can be argued that the establishment and expansion of urologic oncology demands the integration of basic and clinical sciences. Some of the recent studies and future direction of urologic oncology in Japan are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*