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[Prostatic cancer: role of echography in the diagnosis, evaluation and surveillance]
Bulletin Du Cancer
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
The author reviews the latest technical improvements, the benefits and limitations of prostatic sonography in the evaluation and follow-up of prostatic cancer. Emphasis is put on the optimal cost/risks/information ratio of transrectal scanning, the accuracy of real-time ultrasound guided transperineal prostatic biopsies and the basic role of transrectal sonography in monitoring the response to treatment.