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Elevated prostate volume index and prostatic chronic inflammation reduce the number of positive cores at first prostate biopsy set: results in 945 consecutive patients

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between prostate volume index (PVI), and prostatic chronic inflammation (PCI) as predictors of prostate cancer (PCA). PVI is the ratio between the central transition zone volume (CTZV) and the peripheral zone volume (PZV). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Parameters evalua...

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Autores principales: Porcaro, Antonio B., Tafuri, Alessandro, Sebben, Marco, Novella, Giovanni, Processali, Tania, Pirozzi, Marco, Amigoni, Nelia, Rizzetto, Riccardo, Shakir, Aliasger, Brunelli, Matteo, Cerruto, Maria Angela, Migliorini, Filippo, Siracusano, Salvatore, Artibani, Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32213210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2019.0146