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1096 THE ABILITY OF PSA DENSITY TO PREDICT AN UPGRADE IN GLEASON SCORE BETWEEN INITIAL PROSTATE BIOPSY AND PROSTATECTOMY DIMINISHES WITH INCREASING TUMOUR GRADE DUE TO LOWER LEVELS OF PSA SECRETION PER UNIT TUMOUR VOLUME

✍ Scribed by Corcoran, Niall; Hovens, Chris; Hong, Matthew; Gleave, Martin; Costello, Anthony; Goldenberg, Larry

Book ID
122704924
Publisher
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
43 KB
Volume
185
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5347

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