Transrectal ultrasound in the diagnosis of prostate cancer: State of the art and perspectives

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-284

  Sedelaar, J P Michiel ^a   Vijverberg, Peter L M ^b   De Reijke, Theo M ^c   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a   Kil, Paul J M ^d   Braeckman, Johan G ^e   Hendrikx, Ad J M ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d St Elisabeth Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e University Hospital   (Belgium)

^f CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imaging; Prostate cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0035742929     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049787     Document Type: Article

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