Expectant management as an option for men with stage Tic prostate cancer: A preliminary study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 364-368

  Mohler, James L ^a,b   Williams, Bernadette T ^a,b   Freeman, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031310401     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01300184     Document Type: Article

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