Lack of correlation between prostate-specific antigen and the presence of measurable soft tissue metastases in hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 513-517

  Figg, William D ^a,d   Ammerman, Kara ^a   Patronas, Nicholas ^a   Steinberg, Seth M ^a   Walls, Ronald G ^a   Dawson, Nancy ^a,b   Reed, Eddie ^a   Sartor, Oliver ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0030459521     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909609076896     Document Type: Article

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