## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Men with earlyβstage prostate carcinoma can choose aggressive treatment or conservative management. The authors used data from a populationβbased cohort of men with clinically localized prostate carcinoma to describe satisfaction with treatment decisions 24 months after d
Treatment decision-making strategies and influences in patients with localized prostate carcinoma
β Scribed by Clement K. Gwede; Julio Pow-Sang; John Seigne; Randy Heysek; Mohamed Helal; Kristin Shade; Alan Cantor; Paul B. Jacobsen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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