Initial Extended Transrectal Prostate Biopsy—Are More Prostate Cancers Detected With 18 Cores Than With 12 Cores?

Scattoni, Vincenzo; Roscigno, Marco; Raber, Marco; Dehò, Federico; Maga, Tommaso; Zanoni, Matteo; Riva, Matteo; Sangalli, Mattia; Nava, Luciano; Mazzoccoli, Bruno; Freschi, Massimo; Guazzoni, Giorgio; Rigatti, Patrizio; Montorsi, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.052

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Initial Extended Transrectal Prostate Biopsy—Are More Prostate Cancers Detected With 18 Cores Than With 12 Cores?

Vincenzo Scattoni
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Correspondence: Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy (telephone: +39 02 2643-2311; FAX: +39 02 2643-2735).
Marco Roscigno
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Marco Raber
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Federico Dehò
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Tommaso Maga
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Matteo Zanoni
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Matteo Riva
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Mattia Sangalli
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Luciano Nava
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Bruno Mazzoccoli
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Massimo Freschi
- Department of Pathology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Giorgio Guazzoni
- Department of Urology, Casa di Cura Ville Turro, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Patrizio Rigatti
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Francesco Montorsi
- Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Received 3 July 2007 published online 20 February 2008.

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PII: S0022-5347(07)03091-1

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.052

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