The sextant protocol for ultrasound-guided core biopsies of the prostate underestimates the presence of cancer

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 562-566

  Norberg, Mona ^a   Egevad, L ^a   Holmberg, L ^a   Sparen P ^a   Norlen B J ^a   Busch, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030862771     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00306-3     Document Type: Article

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