Therapeutic irradiation for patients with an elevated post- prostatectomy prostate specific antigen level

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1436-1440

  Forman, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Meetze, Kyle ^a   Pontes, Edson ^a   Wood Jr , David P ^a   Shamsa, Falah ^a   Rana, Tahir ^a   Porter, Arthur T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0030828404     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64235-6     Document Type: Article

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