Prognostic indicators in patients with seminal vesicle involvement following radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 802-806

  Tefilli, Marcos V ^a   Gheiler, Edward L ^a   Tiguert, Rabi ^a   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Sakr, Wael ^a   Grignon, David J ^a   Pontes, J Edson ^a   Wood Jr , David P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostatectomy; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE;

EID: 0032323922     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62791-5     Document Type: Article

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