Prostate Biopsy

Biospy, Prostate

References

Other Works Consulted

  • Carter HB, Partin AW (2002). Diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer. In PC Walsh et al., eds., Campbell's Urology, 8th ed., vol. 4, pp. 3055–3079. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

  • Scher HI, et al. (2005). Cancer of the prostate. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th ed., pp. 1192–1259. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.


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Author: Maria G. Essig, MS, ELSLast Updated: March 12, 2007
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Avery L. Seifert, MD - Urology

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