Cryosurgery for Prostate Cancer: an Update on Clinical Results of Modern Cryotechnology

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-86

  Langenhuijsen, Johan F ^a   Broers, Eveline M P ^a   Vergunst, Henk ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Prostate cancer; Recurrence; Salvage therapy

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FISTULA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INCONTINENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL HEALTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56249106838     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.08.063     Document Type: Review

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