Biochemical failure in men following radical retropubic prostatectomy: Impact of surgical margin status and location

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Pettus, Joseph A ^a   Weight, Christopher J ^a   Thompson, Clinton J ^a   Middleton, Richard G ^a   Stephenson, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL MARGIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242774621     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000132160.68779.96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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