Can we obtain better specimens with an end-cutting prostatic biopsy device?

European Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Dogan, Hasan Serkan ^a   Eskicorapci, Saadettin Yilmaz ^a   Ertoy Baydar, Dilek ^a   Akdogan, Bulent ^a   Gunay, Levent Mert ^a   Ozen, Haluk ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate cancer; Technique

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 13844266823     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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