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Association between the clinical presentation and epidemiological features of familial prostate cancer in patients selected for radical prostatectomy.
European urology - 1 Jun 2003
Paiss T, Herkommer K, Bock B, Heinz H, Vogel W, Kron Martina, Kuefer R, Hautmann R E, Gschwend J E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated if epidemiological features of familial prostate cancer are associated with certain clinical or histopathological characteristics of the disease. METHODS: 463 German patients with familial prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy were stratified according to several epidemiological criteria: (1). the apparent mode of disease transmission, (2). the average age of onset and (3)....
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