Cancer-Related Outcome and Learning Curve in Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy: "If You Need an Operation, the Most Important Step is to Choose the Right Surgeon"

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 874-876

  Artibani, Walter ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149086600     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.01.087     Document Type: Editorial

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