NUO 2905 The value of trus, DR and PSA in indication of prostatic biopsy guide by us in prostate cancer diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Jacob Szejnfeld; Miguel Srougi; Sami Arap; Geraldo Freire

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 130 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-5629
• DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(97)80538-8

✦ Synopsis

The results of 1115 prostate transretal US guided biopsies are presented, the indications was suspected DR, elevated PSA ( > 4,0 ng) or US examination altered. The biopsies are the experience of 5 years of systematized and prospective study (1992-19%). Fragments were obtained from suspected areas and randomized in the sextants. The positivity for Cancer was obtained for all combination of biopsy indication. The results are presented in the table. INDICATIONS N WA) % DE CA USC-)PSA(+)TR(-) 277 23 893 US(-)PSA(-)TR(+) 53 3 56 US(+)PSA(-)-IR(-) 99 30 30,3 US(+)PSA(?)TR(-) 108 33 30,5 US(-)PSA(+)TR(+) 76 14 18,4 US(+)PSA(-)TR(+) 109 65 59,6 US(+)PSA(?)TR(+) 33 21 63,4 US(+)PSA(+)TR(-) 141 64 45,3 US(+)PSA(+)TR(+) 183 132 72,l REBIOPSY 16