The Journal of Urology
Volume 175, Issue 2 , Pages 489-494, February 2006

Making Sense of Prostate Specific Antigen: Improving its Predictive Value in Patients Undergoing Prostate Biopsy

  • Robert K. Nam

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: 2075 Bayview Ave., MG-406, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 (telephone: 416-480-5075; FAX: 416-480-6121)
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  • Ants Toi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • John Trachtenberg

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Laurence H. Klotz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Michael A.S. Jewett

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Marjan Emami

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Linda Sugar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Joan Sweet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Greg R. Pond

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Steven A. Narod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 22 March 2005

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 Study received hospital research ethics board approval.Supported by National Cancer Institute of Canada Grant 010284, National Cancer Institute of Canada Terry Fox Foundation Grant 015168 and the Canadian Urological Association Scholarship Fund (RKN).

PII: S0022-5347(05)00159-X

doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00159-X

The Journal of Urology
Volume 175, Issue 2 , Pages 489-494, February 2006

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