Regional collaboration to improve radiographic staging practices among men with early stage prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 844-849

  Miller, David C ^a   Murtagh, Daniel S ^b   Suh, Ronald S ^c   Knapp, Peter M ^c   Schuster, Timothy G ^b   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Montie, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Genito Urinary Surgeons   (United States)

^c Indiana Urology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatic neoplasms; quality improvement; urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051546171     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.078     Document Type: Article

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