Over a 4% year period, 1,940 asymptomatic men were entered in a prostate cancer detection program consisting of digital rectal examination (DRE), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and transrectal prostate ultrasound (TRUS). Four hundred and sixteen biopsies were performed resulting in the diagnosis o
A Comparison Between Digital Examination and Per-rectal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Prostate
โ Scribed by P. J. C. BROOMAN; W. B. PEELING; G. J. GRIFFITHS; E. ROBERTS; K. EVANS
- Book ID
- 115192711
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 456 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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