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CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATIC TUMOURS BY TRANSRECTAL ASPIRATION BIOPSY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Author(s) -
FRANZÉN S.,
GIERTZ G.,
ZAJICEK J.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1960.tb03763.x
Subject(s) - aspiration biopsy , medicine , prostate , biopsy , prostate gland , carcinoma , prostatic diseases , radiology , cytology , urology , fine needle aspiration , pathology , cancer
SUMMARY A technique of transrectal aspiration biopsy of the prostate gland is presented by which material may be obtained for cytological study. This procedure, which may prove useful for detecting early prostatic carcinoma, has been performed about a hundred times without complications of any kind.