The phoenix definition of biochemical failure predicts for overall survival in patients with prostate cancer

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Abramowitz, Matthew C ^a   Li, Tiaynu ^a   Buyyounouski, Mark K ^a   Ross, Eric ^a   Uzzo, Robert G ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a   Horwitz, Eric M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical failure; Definition; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37449026934     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23139     Document Type: Article

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