Operator is an Independent Predictor of Detecting Prostate Cancer at Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2659-2663

  Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a   Toi, Ants ^a   Lockwood, Gina A ^b   Evans, Andrew ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^a   O'Malley, Martin ^a   Margolis, Myles ^a   Ghai, Sangeet ^a   Fleshner, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

biopsy; professional competence; prostate; prostatic neoplasms; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOLOGIST; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 71849112041     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.036     Document Type: Article

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