The legitimate role of radical prostatectomy remains controversial. A prospective study was started at the Mayo Clinic in 1950 to evaluate therapeutic usefulness of the operation. Rigid criteria were established for selection of surgical candidates. From 1950 through 1972, 264 patients had radical p
The treatment of prostatic cancer
โ Scribed by Seymour Levitt
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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