Critical evaluation of the current indications for transition zone biopsies

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1117-1120

  Liu, I Jenna ^a,b,c   Macy, Marie ^a   Lai, Yen Han ^a   Terris, Martha K ^a,b  

^a Section of Urology   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034999565     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)00944-X     Document Type: Article

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