Re: Trends in radical prostatectomy rates [4]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1052-1053

  Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Alba, Natalia ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^b   Galassi, Claudia ^b   Spolaore, Paolo ^a  

^a Ospedale 18   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INCONTINENCE; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENGLAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 34447281281     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djm018     Document Type: Letter

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