Evaluation of Prostate Cancer Detection with Ultrasound Real-Time Elastography: A Comparison with Step Section Pathological Analysis after Radical Prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1354-1362

  Salomon, Georg ^a,b   Köllerman, Jens ^a   Thederan, Imke ^b   Chun, Felix K H ^a   Budäus, Lars ^b   Schlomm, Thorsten ^b   Isbarn, Hendrik ^b   Heinzer, Hans ^a,b   Huland, Hartwig ^a,b   Graefen, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Prostate Cancer Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Elastography; Pathological analysis; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55649114156     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.02.035     Document Type: Article

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