Cryosurgical treatment of localized prostate cancer (stages T1 to T4): Preliminary results

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Shinohara, Katsuto ^a   Connolly, John A ^a   Presti Jr , Joseph C ^a   Carroll, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cryosurgery; prostate specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSIS; FISTULA; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030010994     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65958-5     Document Type: Article

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