Biopsies of the transitional zone of the prostate: Should it be done on a routine basis, when and why?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-117

  Deliveliotis, C ^a,b   Varkarakis, J ^a   Albanis, S ^a   Argyropoulos, V ^a   Skolarikos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Sextant biopsy; Transitional zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SAMPLING; STANDARD;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036172304     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048430     Document Type: Article

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