Variations Among Experienced Surgeons in Cancer Control After Open Radical Prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 977-983

  Bianco Jr , Fernando J ^a   Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Cronin, Angel M ^a   Klein, Eric A ^b   Eastham, James A ^a   Pontes, J Edson ^c   Scardino, Peter T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical competence; neoplasm recurrence; prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON;

AGED; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75849125159     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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