Radical prostatectomy for early prostate cancer improves long term survival

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 640-643

  Alibhai, Shabbir M H ^a,b   Gogov, Sven ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Deparment of Health Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION BEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27944482143     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.09.008     Document Type: Note

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