Should transition zone biopsies be added
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Sung Il Hwang; Hak Jong Lee; Jeong Yeon Cho; Seung Hyup Kim; Sang Eun Lee; Seok-
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Purpose To investigate the value of additional transition zone (TZ) biopsies following 12βcore biopsies in the detection and staging of prostate cancer. ## Methods From October 2006 to March 2007, 199 transrectal sonographic (TRUS)βguided prostate biopsies (group 1) in 12 peripher