Benign positive margins after radical prostatectomy means a poor prognosisy-pro

Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-220

  Djavan, Bob ^a   Milani, Shirin ^b   Fong, Yan Kit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BLADDER; BLADDER NECK; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

EID: 13844264533     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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