Elevated serum prostate specific antigen levels in conjunction with an initial prostatic biopsy negative for carcinoma: Who should undergo a repeat biopsy?

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-38

  Durkan, G C ^a   Greene, D R ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Prostate cancer; PSA; TRUS

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033065101     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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