Failure definition-dependent differences in outcome following radiation for localized prostate cancer: Can one size fit all?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-414

  Kuban, Deborah ^a,b   Thames, Howard ^b   Levy, Larry ^b   Horwitz, Eric ^c   Kupelian, Patrick ^d   Martinez, Alvaro ^e   Michalski, Jeff ^f   Pisansky, Thomas ^g   Sandler, Howard ^h   Shipley, William ⁱ   Zelefsky, Michael ^j   Zietman, Anthony ⁱ  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

ASTRO failure definition; Multi institutional analysis; Prostate cancer; PSA disease free survival; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; DISEASE CONTROL; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL (DFS); EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA);

RADIOTHERAPY;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944432087     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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