Perineural invasion as a predictor of PSA outcome following local therapy for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer

Cancer Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 375-376

  D'Amico, Anthony V ^a,b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOCARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035463592     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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