Co-morbidities and survival of men with localized prostate cancer treated with surgery or radiation therapy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1714-1718

  Fowler Jr , Jackson E ^a   Terrell, Freddie L ^a   Renfroe, D Land ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; radiotherapy; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029910384     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65489-2     Document Type: Article

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