The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 5 , Pages 1867-1874 , November 2007

Decision Analysis and Markov Modeling in Urology

  • Michael H. Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Urologic Outcomes Research Group, University of California-San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: 400 Parnassus Ave., UFP, 6th Floor Crede Ambulatory Care Center, Box 0738, San Francisco, California 94143 (telephone: 415-476-6843).
    • ,
  • Maxwell V. Meng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Urologic Outcomes Research Group, University of California-San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Program in Urologic Oncology, Urologic Outcomes Research Group, University of California-San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 14 December 2006

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PII: S0022-5347(07)01742-9

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.07.006

The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 5 , Pages 1867-1874 , November 2007

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