Value of systematic transition zone biopsies in the early detection of prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 605-606

  Bazinet, Michel ^a,b   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a   Aprikian, Armen G ^a   Trudel, Claude ^a   Aronson, Samuel ^a   Nachabé, Mahmoud ^a   Péloquin, François ^a   Dessureault, Jean ^a   Goyal, Michelle ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Bégin, Louis R ^a   Elhilali, Mostafa M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antigens, neoplasm; biopsy; prostate; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 9044237694     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66463-2     Document Type: Article

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