High-grade inflammation in prostate cancer as a prognostic factor for biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-472

  Irani, Jacques ^a   Goujon, Jean Michel ^b   Ragni, Evelyne ^b   Peyrat, Laurence ^b   Hubert, Jacques ^b   Saint, Fabien ^b   Mottet, Nicolas ^b  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032818610     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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