The utility of apical anterior horn biopsies in prostate cancer detection

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Meng, Maxwell V ^a   Franks, Joseph H ^a   Presti Jr , Joseph C ^b   Shinohara, Katsuto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior horn; Biopsies; Prostate cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE VOLUME; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2042425525     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-1439(03)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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