Routine transition zone and seminal vesicle biopsies in all patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies are not indicated

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 204-206

  Terris, Martha K ^a   Pham, Tien Q ^a   Issa, Muta M ^a   Kabalin, John N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; prostatic neoplasms; seminal vesicles; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031060216     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65325-4     Document Type: Article

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