The Volume of Prostate Cancer in the Biopsy Specimen Cannot Reliably Predict the Quantity of Cancer in the Radical Prostatectomy Specimen on an Individual Basis

The Journal of Urology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1543-1548

  Cupp, Michael R ^a   Bostwick, David G ^a   Myers, Robert P ^a   Oesterling, Joseph E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0028947489     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)67458-5     Document Type: Article

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