Radical prostatectomy: The value of preoperative, individually labeled apical biopsies

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 754-758

  Rogatsch, Hermann ^a   Horninger, Wolfgang ^a   Volgger, Hubert ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Mikuz, Gregor ^a   Mairinger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0033902028     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67296-5     Document Type: Article

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