Changes in patterns of prostate cancer care in the United States: Results of American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer studies, 1974- 1993

Prostate

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Mettlin, Curtis ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Patterns of care; Prostate cancer; Staging; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030793565     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970801)32:3<221::AID-PROS9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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