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The Chances of Subsequent Cancer Detection in Patients with a PSA > 20 ng/ml and an Initial Negative Biopsy

Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)–guided prostate biopsy is known to carry a significant false-negative rate, leading some patients to have multiple biopsies. We investigated cancer detection rates in patients with a PSA >20 ng/ml and a negative initial biopsy. We reviewed our database of 2396 TRUS-g...

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Autores principales: Shaida, Nadeem, Jones, Catherine M., Ravindranath, Navin, Malone, Peter R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.47