Comparison of elastic scattering spectroscopy with histology in ex vivo prostate glands: potential application for optically guided biopsy and directed treatment.
The false-negative rate of ultrasound-guided sextant prostate biopsy has been estimated to be as high as 35 %. A significant percentage (10-35 %) of these prostate cancers diagnosed at a second or later attempt are high grade and, therefore, potentially lethal. We discuss the feasibility for perform...
| Publicado en: | Lasers in Medical Science Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 1323 - 1330 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Sep2013
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