Invasion of bladder neck after radical prostatectomy: One definition for different outcomes

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Rodriguez Covarrubias, F ^a   Larre S ^a   Dahan, M ^a   De La Taille, A ^a   Allory, Y ^a   Yiou, R ^a   Vordos, D ^a   Hoznek, A ^a   Abbou, C C ^a   Salomon, L ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER NECK; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50649084088     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4501009     Document Type: Article

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