The Prognostic Impact of Seminal Vesicle Involvement Found at Prostatectomy and the Effects of Adjuvant Radiation: Data From Southwest Oncology Group 8794

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2453-2458

  Swanson, Gregory P ^a   Goldman, Bryan ^b   Tangen, Catherine M ^b   Chin, Joseph ^c   Messing, Edward ^d   Canby Hagino, Edith ^a   Forman, Jeffrey D ^e   Thompson, Ian M ^a   Crawford, E David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP STATISTICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; radiotherapy, adjuvant; seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMINAL VESICLE CANCER; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 55549100571     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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