Colour Doppler ultrasonography for detecting perineural invasion (PNI) and the value of PNI in predicting final pathological stage: A prospective study of men with clinically localized prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Kravchick, S ^a   Cytron, S ^a   Peled, R ^a   Ben Dor, D ^a   Kravchenko, Y ^a   Sergey, K ^b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extraprostatic extension; Perineural invasion; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Transrectal colour Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; PERINEUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0038163796     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04276.x     Document Type: Article

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