Active surveillance for prostate cancer: Barriers to widespread adoption

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 984-985

  Sandhu, Gurdarshan S ^a   Andriole, Gerald L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE; ANXIETY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84868600444     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.06.047     Document Type: Editorial

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