Extended Peripheral Zone Biopsy Schemes Increase Cancer Detection Rates and Minimize Variance in Prostate Specific Antigen and Age Related Cancer Rates: Results of a Community Multi-Practice Study

C. Presti, Joseph; J. O’Dowd, Gerard; Craig Miller, M.; Mattu, Rubina; W. Veltri, Robert

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64051-7

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Extended Peripheral Zone Biopsy Schemes Increase Cancer Detection Rates and Minimize Variance in Prostate Specific Antigen and Age Related Cancer Rates: Results of a Community Multi-Practice Study

Published in The Journal of Urology • Jan 1, 2003

Authors:

Joseph C. Presti

Gerard J. O’Dowd

M. Craig Miller

Abstract

PURPOSE: We assessed the impact of age and prostate specific antigen (PSA) on extended systematic biopsy schemes for detecting prostate carcinoma and better characterized these tumors as a function of patient age and PSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 2,299 consec...

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Medicine

Biopsy

Prostate cancer

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