Detection rate of prostate cancer following 12-core extended biopsy in a Semi-urban Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
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Sensitivity and detection rate of a 12-core trans-perineal prostate biopsy: preliminary report.
OBJECTIVES The various prostate biopsy methods are usually compared in terms of the diagnosis rate of prostate cancer. However, the prevalence of cancer in patients with a negative prostatic biopsy is not usually known. We determined the sensitivity and detection rate of 12-core transperineal biopsies in patients not previously investigated for prostate cancer. METHODS We performed prostate b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Urology Annals
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0974-7796
DOI: 10.4103/ua.ua_136_20