Citation:Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004

Citation

Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR. Increasing prostate biopsy cores based on volume vs the sextant biopsy: a prospective randomized controlled clinical study on cancer detection rates and morbidity. BJU Int 2004 Aug;94(3):307-10 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15291857.

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Critical appraisal link	Clinical question	Assigned to	Status
Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004	For men undergoing an initial prostate biopsy how many biopsy cores, which pattern of biopsy sampling sites and which approach constitute an adequate prostate biopsy?	Dr. med. univ. Dana Stefanovic	completed
Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004 2	For men undergoing an initial prostate biopsy how many biopsy cores, which pattern of biopsy sampling sites and which approach constitute an adequate prostate biopsy?	Cindy Peng	completed
Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004 3	For men undergoing an initial prostate biopsy how many biopsy cores, which pattern of biopsy sampling sites and which approach constitute an adequate prostate biopsy?	Cindy Peng	completed
Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004 4	For men undergoing an initial prostate biopsy how many biopsy cores, which pattern of biopsy sampling sites and which approach constitute an adequate prostate biopsy?	Katherine Sheridan	completed

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