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Urology

Significance of pretreatment cardiovascular morbidity as a risk factor during treatment with parenteral oestrogen or combined androgen deprivation of 915 patients with metastasized prostate cancer: Evaluation of cardiovascular events in a randomized trial

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Pages 346-353 | Received 18 Feb 2011, Accepted 28 Apr 2011, Published online: 31 May 2011

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