A better prognosis for obese men with prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 220-225

  Daniell, Harry W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoplasm metastasis; Obesity; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029656029     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66599-6     Document Type: Article

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