The role of transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsies of hypoechoic areas associated with systematic biopsies in patients with normal and elevated PSA values;II ruolo delle biopsie prostatiche mirate sulle aree ipoecogene associate alle biopsie a sestanti nei pazienti con PSA elevato e nella norma

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-275

  Scattoni, Vincenzo ^a   Roscigno, Marco ^a   Raber, Marco ^a   Consonni, Paolo ^a   Freschi, Massimo ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Pasta, Alessandra ^a   Colombo, Renzo ^a   Nava, Luciano ^a   Bua, Lina ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate cancer; Transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECTUM;

AGED; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 0036899641     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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