Urology
Volume 69, Issue 3 , Pages 536-540 , March 2007

Complete Resection of Seminal Vesicles at Radical Prostatectomy Results in Substantial Long-Term Disease-Free Survival: Multi-institutional Study of 6740 Patients

  • Angelo Baccala Jr

      Affiliations

    • Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Angelo A. Baccala, Jr., M.D., Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A100, Cleveland, OH 44122.
    • ,
  • Alwyn M. Reuther

      Affiliations

    • Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Fernando J. Bianco Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Peter T. Scardino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Michael W. Kattan

      Affiliations

    • Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Eric A. Klein

      Affiliations

    • Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 30 June 2006 ,Accepted 12 December 2006.

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PII: S0090-4295(06)02637-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.12.013

Urology
Volume 69, Issue 3 , Pages 536-540 , March 2007

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