A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING 6 VERSUS 12 PROSTATE BIOPSY CORES: IMPACT ON CANCER DETECTION
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 164 (2) , 388-392
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67367-3
Abstract
Conclusions The overall cancer detection rate is not materially increased by 12 core, peripheral zone biopsy in men in whom prostate cancer was mainly detected by screening.Keywords
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