Pathological characteristics and prognosis of nonpalpable and palpable prostate cancers with a hybritech prostate specific antigen of 4 to 10 ng./ml.

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1056-1058

  Geary, E Stewart ^a   Stamey, Thomas A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prognosis; prostate specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029737614     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65701-X     Document Type: Article

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