Prospective evaluation of prostate specific antigen density and systematic biopsy for detecting prostate cancer in Japanese patients with normal rectal examinations and intermediate prostate specific antigen levels

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 861-864

  Arai, Yoichi ^a   Maeda, Hiroshi ^a   Ishitoya, Satoshi ^a   Okubo, Kazutoshi ^a   Okada, Takashi ^a   Aoki, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030744699     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64338-6     Document Type: Article

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