Treatment of organ confined prostate cancer with third generation cryosurgery: Preliminary multicenter experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1126-1130

  Han, Ken Ryu ^a   Cohen, Jeff K ^b   Miller, Ralph J ^c   Pantuck, Allan J ^a   Freitas, Danielo G ^a   Cuevas, Carlos A ^d   Kim, Hyung L ^a   Lugg, James ^e   Childs, Stacy J ^e   Shuman, Barry ^f   Jayson, Maury A ^g   Shore, Neal D ⁱ   Moore, Yan ^h   Zisman, Amnon ^l   Lee, Joe Y ^j   Ugarte, Roland ^j   Mynderse, Lance A ^k   Wilson, Torrence M ^k   Sweat, Susan D ^k   Zincke, Horst ^k   Belldegrun, Arie S ^a,m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Allegheny Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Univ of Colorado Health Sciences   (United States)

^f Albany Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g South Shore University Hospital Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell   (United States)

^h BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Grand Strand Urology   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^l ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Prostatic neoplasms; Salvage therapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; SAFETY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0042191828     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000087860.52991.a8     Document Type: Article

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