Indications for and anatomical extent of pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer: Practice patterns of uro-oncologists in North America

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1517-1521.e2

  Touijer, Karim A ^a   Ahallal, Youness ^a   Guillonneau, Bertrand D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

Author keywords

Pelvic lymph node dissection; Practice patterns; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORTH AMERICA; ONCOLOGIST; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; UROLOGIST;

PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATE CANCER;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PELVIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84886310847     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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