The Learning Curve for Surgical Margins After Open Radical Prostatectomy: Implications for Margin Status as an Oncological End Point

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1360-1365

  Vickers, Andrew ^a   Bianco, Fernando ^b   Cronin, Angel ^a   Eastham, James ^b   Klein, Eric ^c   Kattan, Michael ^c   Scardino, Peter ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

learning; local; neoplasm recurrence; pathology; prostate; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949299308     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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