Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy is not associated with early postoperative radiation therapy

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1496-1500

  Chino, Junzo ^a   Schroeck, Florian R ^a   Sun, Leon ^a   Lee, W Robert ^a   Albala, David M ^a   Moul, Judd W ^a   Koontz, Bridget F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72349094131     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08588.x     Document Type: Article

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