Long-term results of definitive treatment in elderly patients with localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 546-549

  Kanamaru, Hiroshi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b   Moroi, Seiji ^c   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^d   Yoshimura, Koji ^d   Okada, Kenichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Toyooka Public Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032432503     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00410.x     Document Type: Article

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