Biochemical recurrence in Gleason score 7 prostate cancer in Korean men: Significance of the primary Gleason grade

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 826-829

  Ro, Yun Kwan ^a   Lee, Sangchul ^a,b   Jeong, Chang Wook ^a,b   Hong, Sung Kyu ^a,b   Byun, Seok Soo ^a,b   Lee, Sang Eun ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 84871746688     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.12.826     Document Type: Review

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