Clinical Outcome of Taiwanese Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Compared With Other Ethnic Groups

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1287-1292

  Chen, Chung Hsin ^a,b   Tzai, Tzong Shin ^c   Huang, Shu Pin ^d   Wu, Hsi Chin ^e   Tai, Huai Ching ^a   Chang, Yen Hwa ^f   Pu, Yeong Shiau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449085730     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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