Extended field prostate biopsies: Too much of a good thing?

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-460

  Terris, Martha K ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0034016759     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00450-7     Document Type: Editorial

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