Prostate cancer screening in a healthy population cohort in eastern nepal: An explanatory trial study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2835-2838

  Belbase, Narayan Prasad ^a   Agrawal, Chandra Shekhar ^a   Pokharel, Paras Kumar ^a   Agrawal, Sudha ^a   Lamsal, Madhab ^a   Shakya, Vikal Chandra ^b  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b CIVIL SERVICE HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

DRE; Eastern nepal; Prostate cancer; PSA; Screening; Trucut biopsy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BLOOD; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880373802     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.2835     Document Type: Article

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