Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 196-200 , May 2007

Does a delay in initiating definitive therapy affect biochemical recurrence rates in men with clinically localized prostate cancer?

  • Joseph J. Phillips, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • M. Craig Hall, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Piedmont Urological Associates, High Point, NC 27262, USA
    • ,
  • W. Robert Lee, M.D., M.S., M.A.Ed.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Peter E. Clark, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2765, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-615-322-3807; fax: +1-615-322-8990.

Received 28 February 2006 ,Revised 5 June 2006 ,Accepted 6 June 2006.

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PII: S1078-1439(06)00151-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.06.004

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 196-200 , May 2007

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