Effect of the number of core biopsies of the prostate on predicting gleason score of prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-113

  Thickman, David ^b   Speers, Wendell C ^b   Philpott, Peter J ^b   Shapiro, Howard ^b  

^a HealthOne   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

biopsy; neoplasm staging; prostatic neoplasms; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029993168     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65956-1     Document Type: Article

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