Cryosurgery: Is it an effective option for patients failing radiation?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 409-413

  Da La Taille, Alexandre ^a   Katz, Aaron E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SALVAGE THERAPY;

CRYOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033812565     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200009000-00008     Document Type: Article

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