Survival in blacks and whites after treatment for localized prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Fowler Jr , Jackson E ^a   Terrell, Freddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; racial stocks; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029887288     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65966-4     Document Type: Article

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