Is there a detrimental effect of waiting for radiotherapy for patients with localized prostate cancer?

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Faria, Sergio L ^a,c   Mahmud, Salaheddin ^b   Wakil, Georges ^a   Negrete, Sebastian ^a   Souhami, Luis ^a   David, Marc ^a   Duclos, Marie ^a   Shenouda, George ^a   Freeman, Carolyn R ^a  

^a Division of Radiation Oncology   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biochemical failure; External beam radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CONSULTATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749578889     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000225919.35003.88     Document Type: Article

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