Ten-Year Biochemical Disease Control for Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated with Cryosurgery as Primary Therapy

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-518

  Cohen, Jeffrey K ^a   Miller Jr , Ralph J ^a   Ahmed, Sharmila ^b   Lotz, Meredith J ^c   Baust, John ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Four Allegheny Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40649089930     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.059     Document Type: Article

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