Presence of circulating prostate cells in the bone marrow of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy is predictive of disease-free survival

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3451-3457

  Wood Jr , David P ^a   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0342710328     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.12.3451     Document Type: Article

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