## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Screening for prostate cancer has resulted in an increased incidenceβtoβmortality ratio. Not all cancers deserve immediate treatment. It has therefore become more important to be able to identify those cases of screenβdetected prostate cancer most likely to show indolent
Algorithms, nomograms and the detection of indolent prostate cancer
β Scribed by Monique J. Roobol
- Book ID
- 106033233
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-4983
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