Optimal Biopsy Protocols for Prostate Cancer

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 63-74

  Sofer, Ariela ^a   Zeng, Jianchao ^b   Mun, Seong K ^b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsies; Optimization; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037245653     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022974221137     Document Type: Article

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