A randomized trial comparing radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting in early prostate cancer.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 12, 2002

Authors

Lars Holmberg1, Anna Bill-Axelson, Fred Helgesen, Jaakko O Salo, Per Folmerz, Michael Häggman, Swen-Olof Andersson, Anders Spångberg, Christer Busch, Steg Nordling, Juni Palmgren, Hans-Olov Adami, Jan-Erik Johansson, Bo Johan Norlén, Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group Study Number 4

Author Affiliations

1: Regional Oncologic Center, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

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