Divorcing diagnosis from treatment: Contemporary management of low-risk prostate cancer

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Glass, Allison S ^a   Punnen, Sanoj ^a   Cooperberg, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease management; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84880500039     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2013.54.7.417     Document Type: Review

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