title: Radical prostatectomy versus radiation therapy: can pretreatment nomograms be used to select the appropriate prostate cancer treatment?
authors.affiliation: Duke Prostate Center, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Ross M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.affiliation: Duke Prostate Center, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: steve.freedland@dm.duke.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Freedland
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000401:mortality*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D049451:Nomograms; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007610:Kallikreins; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen