Urology
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Pages 1287-1292 , December 2008

Clinical Outcome of Taiwanese Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Compared With Other Ethnic Groups

  • Chung-Hsin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of Urology, Taoyuan General Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzong-Shin Tzai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu-Pin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsi-Chin Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Huai-Ching Tai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Hwa Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationYen-Hwa Chang, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 112
    • ,
  • Yeong-Shiau Pu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yeong-Shiau Pu, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Urology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 10002 Taiwan

Received 9 December 2007 ,Accepted 16 January 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00104-0

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.01.026

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Pages 1287-1292 , December 2008

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