Is tumor volume an independent prognostic factor in clinically localized prostate cancer?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 508-511

  Kikuchi, Eiji ^a   Scardino, Peter T ^a   Wheeler, Thomas M ^b   Slawin, Kevin M ^b   Ohori, Makoto ^a,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Prognosis; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3142615386     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000130481.04082.1a     Document Type: Article

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