Failure of Focal Prostate Cancer on Biopsy to Predict Focal Prostate Cancer: The Importance of Prevalence

Autor: Weldon, Vernon E., Tavel, Frank R., Neuwirth, Harry, Cohen, Robert
Zdroj: The Journal of Urology; January 1995, Vol. 154 Issue: 3 p1074-1077, 4p
Abstrakt: We investigated whether the reported correlation between focal prostate cancer on biopsy and the presence of clinically insignificant cancer applies to men with an elevated serum prostate specific antigen level or a positive biopsy from an area of palpable abnormality.
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