Focal Cryosurgery: Encouraging Health Outcomes for Unifocal Prostate Cancer

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1117-1120

  Lambert, Erica H ^a   Bolte, Kimberly ^a   Masson, Puneet ^a   Katz, Aaron E ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; FOCAL CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250003745     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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