Does increased needle biopsy sampling of the prostate detect a higher number of potentially insignificant tumors?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2181-2184

  Chan, Theresa Y ^a   Chan, David Y ^a   Stutzman, Kristen Lecksell Ray E ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Neoplasm staging; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0035162497     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65530-9     Document Type: Article

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