Elasticity as a biomarker for prostate cancer: A systematic review

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-534

  Good, Daniel W ^a   Stewart, Grant D ^a   Hammer, Steven ^b   Scanlan, Paul ^b   Shu, Wenmiao ^b   Phipps, Simon ^a   Reuben, Robert ^b   McNeill, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomarker; elasticity; prostate cancer; sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMARKER; ELASTICITY; PROSTATE CANCER; SONOELASTOGRAPHY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84896395532     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12236     Document Type: Review

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