Unnecessary imaging for the staging of low-risk prostate cancer is common

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-278

  Lavery, Hugh J ^a   Brajtbord, Jonathan S ^a   Levinson, Adam W ^a   Nabizada Pace, Fatima ^a   Pollard, Matthew E ^a   Samadi, David B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79551612514     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.07.491     Document Type: Article

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