Impact of training level of urology residents on the detection of prostate cancer on TRUS biopsy

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-40

  Karam, J A ^a,b   Shulman, M J ^a   Benaim, Elie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Residents; TRUS biopsy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UROLOGY;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UROLOGY;

EID: 1842581944     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500695     Document Type: Article

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