MP83-09 EVALUATING THE INDICATIONS AND SAFETY OF PROSTATE BIOPSIES PERFORMED IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF A STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE

Authors :: Brian Odom
Arvin George
Michael Cher
null Ji Qi
Susan Linsell
Frank Burks
null James Montie
David Miller
SM Jafri
null for the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborativ
Source :: Journal of Urology. 203
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Although routine screening is not recommended for patients over 70 for prostate cancer (PCa), prostate biopsies (PBx) are performed and may be indicated under certain cir...

Subjects :: Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Prostate cancer
Routine screening
medicine.anatomical_structure
business.industry
Prostate
Urology
Internal medicine
Medicine
business
medicine.disease

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