## BACKGROUND. Cryosurgery was introduced as an alternative to radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy in the mid-1960s. Although it met the primary objective of achieving local control, it was largely abandoned due to a high incidence of complications. Technologic advances in the areas of imaging a
The association of treatment-related symptoms with quality-of-life outcomes for localized prostate carcinoma patients
โ Scribed by Constance G. Bacon; Edward Giovannucci; Marcia Testa; Thomas A. Glass; Ichiro Kawachi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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