The role of serial transrectal ultrasonography in a 'watchful waiting' protocol for men with localized prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 643-647

  Hruby, G ^a   Choo, R ^a,b   Klotz, L ^a   Danjoux, C ^a   Murphy, J ^a   DeBoer, G ^a   Morton, G ^a   Rakovitch, E ^a   Szumacher, E ^a   Fleshner, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Transrectal ultrasonography; Watchful waiting

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035731772     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2001.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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