Radical prostatectomy as treatment for prostate cancer

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-45

  Jewett, Michael A S ^a,b   Fleshner, Neil ^a,b   Klotz, Lawrence H ^a,c   Nam, Robert K ^a,c   Trachtenberg, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037286193     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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