The association between tumour density and prostate cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 397-401

  Lavallée, Luke T ^a   Breau, Rodney H ^a   Preston, Mark A ^a   Raju, Gayanna ^a   Morash, Christopher ^a   Doucette, Steve ^b   Gerridzen, Ronald G ^a   Eastham, James ^c   Cagiannos, Ilias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84930473179     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.11061     Document Type: Article

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