Prostate rebiopsy is a poor surrogate of treatment efficacy in localized prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1606-1608

  Svetec, David ^a   McCabe, Kevin ^a   Peretsman, Samuel ^a   Klein, Eric ^a   Levin, Howard ^a   Optenberg, Scott ^a   Thompson, Ian ^a  

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Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostatic neoplasms; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032451119     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199805000-00052     Document Type: Article

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