Pathology: The lottery of conventional prostate biopsy

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 188-189

  Andriole, Gerald L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GLEASON SCORE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76449117997     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.46     Document Type: Short Survey

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