The role of the elastography in the diagnosis of prostate cancer: A retrospective study on 460 patients

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Pozzi, Emilio ^a   Mantica, Guglielmo ^a   Gastaldi, Christian ^a   Berardinelli, Marco ^b,c   Choussos, Dimitrios ^b,c   Bianchi, Carlo Maria ^b,c   Roggia, Alberto ^a  

^a S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastography; Prostate biopsy; Prostate cancer; Trans rectal ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROSTATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROLOGIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868128461     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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