Specific features of the Italian section of the ERSPC

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 30-32

  Ciatto, S ^a   Gervasi, G ^a   Frullini, P ^a   Zendron, P ^a   Zappa, M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347126359     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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