United States radiation oncologists' and urologists' opinions about screening and treatment of prostate cancer vary by region

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 628-633

  McNaughton Collins, Mary ^a   Barry, Michael J ^a   Zietman, Anthony ^a   Albertsen, Peter C ^b   Talcott, James A ^a   Walker Corkery, Elizabeth ^a   Elliott, Diana B ^c   Fowler Jr, Floyd J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; SAMPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 0036774223     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01832-0     Document Type: Article

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