## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Early detection of smallβvolume prostate cancer (PCa) has led to the concept of focal therapy to treat PCa as an organβsparing, minimally invasive procedure. The authors sought to determine the frequency of unilateral cancers in the contemporary prostateβspecific antigen
A Decision Analysis for Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
β Scribed by Michael W. Kattan; Mark E. Cowen; Brian J. Miles
- Book ID
- 107412755
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 659 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
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