Prostate weight is the preferred measure of prostate size in radical prostatectomy cohorts

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Hong, Matthew K H ^a,b   Yao, Henry H I ^a,b   Rzetelski West, Kathryn ^a,b   Namdarian, Benjamin ^a,b   Pedersen, John ^c,d   Peters, Justin S ^a,b   Hovens, Christopher M ^a,b   Corcoran, Niall M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre Epworth   (Australia)

^c Tissupath Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prostate volume; Prostate weight; Prostatic neoplasms; Radical prostatectomy; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE WEIGHT; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84859432752     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11049.x     Document Type: Article

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