Conservative management of clinically localized prostate cancer
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20-year outcomes following conservative management of clinically localized prostate cancer.
CONTEXT The appropriate therapy for men with clinically localized prostate cancer is uncertain. A recent study suggested an increasing prostate cancer mortality rate for men who are alive more than 15 years following diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To estimate 20-year survival based on a competing risk analysis of men who were diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer and treated with observat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1365-7852,1476-5608
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500215