The Motion: Nomograms Should Become a Routine Tool in Determining Prostate Cancer Prognosis

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 743-747

  Briganti, Alberto ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b   Joniau, Steven ^c   Van Poppel, Hendrik ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR;

HUMANS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58849099030     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.11.038     Document Type: Note

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