Comparison of mid-lobe versus lateral systematic sextant biopsies in the detection of prostate cancer

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-242

  Terris, Martha K ^a,b   Wallen, Eric M ^a   Stamey, Thomas A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostatic neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030721724     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000283071     Document Type: Article

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