Imaging: MRI improves cost and accuracy of prostate cancer biopsy

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¹ Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute and St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2010, Australia.
² Department of Urology, St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2010, Australia.

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James Thompson et al. Nat Rev Urol. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;15(1):6-8.

doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.185. Epub 2017 Nov 8.

¹ Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute and St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2010, Australia.
² Department of Urology, St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2010, Australia.

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