Impact of postprostatectomy prostate-specific antigen nadir on outcomes following salvage radiotherapy

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 998-1002

  Garg, Madhur K ^a   Tekyi Mensah, Samuel ^a   Bolton, Sue ^a   Velasco, Joaquin ^a   Pontes, Edson ^a   Wood Jr , David P ^a   Porter, Arthur T ^a   Forman, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

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

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032101133     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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