Postoperative radiotherapy for carcinoma of the prostate: Impact on both local control and distant disease-free survival

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Do, Ly V ^a   Do, Tri M ^a   Smith, Robert ^a   Parker, Robert G ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0036162347     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200202000-00001     Document Type: Article

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