Because of the uncertainties regarding the efficacy of postoperative radiation therapy for early prostate cancer, treatment strategies following radical prostatectomy include: (1) observation alone in high-risk patients, (2) adjuvant radiation therapy (PSA undetectable) in high-risk patients, or (3)
Adjuvant therapy in prostatic cancer
โ Scribed by PH Smith; MKB Parmar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 377 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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