Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 492-495 , November 2006

Improved prostate cancer detection with anterior apical prostate biopsies

Received 7 November 2005 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 15 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.03.003

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 492-495 , November 2006

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