Is magnetic resonance imaging necessary in the staging of prostate cancer?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-231

  Tüzel, Emre ^a   Sevinç, Murat ^a   Obuz, Funda ^a   Sade, Murat ^a   Kirkali, Ziya ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer, prostate; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prostate; Staging, prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0032459241     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030334     Document Type: Article

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