Can Sonovue® targeted biopsy replace extended or saturation biopsy in prostate cancer diagnosis? Our experience at primary and repeat biopsy

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Pepe, Pietro ^a   Candiano, Giuseppe ^a   Pennisi, Michele ^a   Aragona, Francesco ^a  

^a CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Extended prostate biopsy; Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents; Prostate cancer; Saturation prostate biopsy; Targeted prostate biopsy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SONOVUE; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTENDED PROSTATE BIOPSY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SATURATION PROSTATE BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARGETED PROSTATE BIOPSY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; AGED; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 78149248105     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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