The efficacy of cryosurgical ablation of prostate cancer: The University of California, San Francisco experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Koppie, Theresa M ^a   Shinohara, Katsuto ^a   Grossfeld, Gary D ^a   Presti Jr , Joseph C ^a   Carroll, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cryosurgery; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032877069     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68576-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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