Is It Effective to Perform Two More Prostate Biopsies According to Prostate-Specific Antigen Level and Prostate Volume in Detecting Prostate Cancer? Prospective Study of 10-Core and 12-Core Prostate Biopsy

Is It Effective to Perform Two More Prostate Biopsies According to Prostate-Specific Antigen Level and Prostate Volume in Detecting Prostate Cancer? Prospective Study of 10-Core and 12-Core Prostate Biopsy

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of 2 more core prostate biopsy protocol in detecting the prostate cancer (PCa) by comparing 10-core prostate biopsy with 12-core according to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and the prostate volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 474 men with eleva...

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Main Authors: Byung Il Yoon, Tae Seung Shin, Hyuk Jin Cho, Sung-Hoo Hong, Ji Youl Lee, Tae-Kon Hwang, Sae Woong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2012-05-01
Series:Urology Journal
Subjects:
prostate
prostatic neoplasms
prostate-specific antigen
biopsy
Online Access:http://www.urologyjournal.org/index.php/uj/article/view/1477/652

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