Prostate Cancer - References

SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS

Citations

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  2. Zelefsky MJ, et al. (2008). Cancer of the prostate. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., Devita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1392–1452. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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  4. Robbins C, et al. (2007). Confirmation study of prostate cancer risk variants at 8q24 in African Americans identifies a novel risk locus. Genome Research, 17(12): 1717–1722.

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  6. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (2009). Prostate cancer. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, version 2.2009. Available online: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp#site.

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  8. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2008). Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Executive Summary (AHRQ Pub. No. 08-EHC010-1). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Available online: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/9/79/2008_0204prostatecancerexecsum.pdf.

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  • Hartke DM, Resnick MI (2007). Radical perineal prostatectomy. In AJ Wein et al., eds., Campbell-Walsh Urology, 9th ed., vol. 3, pp. 2979–2984. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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By: Healthwise StaffLast Revised: February 23, 2011
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC - Urology

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