EFFECTS OF SYSTEMATIC 12-CORE BIOPSY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PERCENT FREE PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN FOR PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 172 (3) , 900-904
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000134619.72675.8d
Abstract
Purpose: The performance characteristics of percent free (f) prostate specific antigen (PSA) for differentiating between benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer were originally est...Keywords
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