Is a Treatment Delay in Radical Prostatectomy Safe in Individuals with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2961-2969

  Sun, Maxine ^a   Abdollah, Firas ^b   Hansen, Jens ^c   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,d   Bianchi, Marco ^a,b   Tian, Zhe ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^b   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^e   Montorsi, Francesco ^b   Perrotte, Paul ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Radical Prostatectomy; Treatment Delay; Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868198421     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02806.x     Document Type: Article

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