Prostate cancer detection in black and white men with abnormal digital rectal examination and prostate specific antigen less than 4 ng./ml.

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1961-1963

  Fowler Jr , Jackson E ^a,b   Bigler, Steven A ^a,b   Farabaugh, Paul B ^a,b   Wilson, Shandra S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms; Racial stocks

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033762946     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66928-5     Document Type: Article

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