The efficacy and complications of salvage cryotherapy of the prostate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 921-925

  Pisters, Louis L ^a,b   Von Eschenbach, Andrew C ^a   Scott, Shellie M ^a   Swanson, David A ^a   Dinney, Colin P N ^a   Pettaway, Curtis A ^a   Babaian, R Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cryotherapy; neoplasm metastasis; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031012677     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65084-5     Document Type: Article

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