A randomized trial comparing radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting in early prostate cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 781-789

  Holmberg, Lars ^a   Bill Axelson, Anna ^a   Helgesen, Fred ^b   Salo, Jaakko O ^b   Folmerz, Per ^d   Häggman, Michael ^a   Andersson, Swen Olof ^c   Spångberg, Anders ^e   Busch, Christer ^f   Nordling, Steg ^g   Palmgren, Juni ^h   Adami, Hans Olov ^h,i   Johansson, Jan Erik ^b,c   Norlén, Bo Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037068646     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012794     Document Type: Article

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