Pathological features and prognostic significance of prostate cancer in the apical section determined by whole mount histology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 500-504

  Ohori, Makoto ^a   Abbas, Farhat ^a   Wheeler, Thomas M ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Scardino, Peter T ^a   Lerner, Seth P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Prognosis; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033074408     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61935-9     Document Type: Article

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