Race is not a predictor of prostate cancer detection on repeat prostate biopsy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1853-1855

  Carver, Brett S ^a,b,c   Bozeman, Caleb B ^a   Simoneaux, Walter J ^a   Venable, Dennis D ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^b   Eastham, James A ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Biopsy; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 5444230779     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000141248.28904.fd     Document Type: Article

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