Prognostic significance of prostate cancer originating from the transition zone

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 592-597

  King, Christopher R ^a   Ferrari, Michelle ^a   Brooks, James D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical relapse free survival; Gleason grade; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350490514     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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