Have transurethral resections contributed to the increasing incidence of prostatic cancer?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 1990, Pages 1597-1599

  Severson, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RACIAL STOCKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024996921     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/82.20.1597     Document Type: Editorial

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