Disease progression and survival of patients with positive lymph nodes after radical prostatectomy. Is there a chance of cure?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 849-854

  Bader, Pia ^a   Burkhard, Fiona C ^a   Markwalder, Regula ^a   Studer, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Prostatic neoplasms, lymphatic metastasis, prostatectomy; Survival, disease progression

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037362992     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000049032.38743.c7     Document Type: Article

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