Trends in radical prostatectomy: Centralization, robotics, and access to urologic cancer care

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Stitzenberg, Karyn B ^a,b   Wong, Yu Ning ^c   Nielsen, Matthew E ^a,b   Egleston, Brian L ^c   Uzzo, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

centralization; prostate cancer; prostatectomy; RALP; robotic surgery; surgical volumes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TREND STUDY;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054918756     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26274     Document Type: Article

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