Serum prostate-specific antigen as surrogate for the histological diagnosis of prostate cancer

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 685-688

  Heyns, C F ^a   Naude A M ^a   Ahmed, G ^a   Stopforth, H B ^a   Stellmacher, G A ^a   Visser, A J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034866732     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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