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Extraprostatic biopsy improves the staging of localized prostate cancer.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the role and safety of biopsy of the seminal vesicles and neurovascular bundles in determining the pathologic stage of prostatic carcinoma.
METHODS:
Eighty-one consecutive patients were enrolled in a comprehensive cryosurgical biopsy protocol that included sextant intraprostatic plus extraprostatic biopsy. The pathologic stage, determined after biopsy, was compared with the clinical stage, determined by digital rectal examination (DRE) and transrectal ultrasonographic (TRUS) evaluation. As well, complication rates for these patients were compared with rates for a separate group that underwent sextant intraprostatic biopsy alone.
RESULTS:
Of the 81 patients, 61 (75%) were confirmed to have cancer by biopsy. None of these patients was considered to have extraprostatic extension by clinical evaluation (DRE and TRUS), but 16 of 61 (26%) were identified to have extraprostatic cancer in the seminal vesicles (8 of 61, 13%) or in the neurovascular bundles (8 of 61, 13%) by extraprostatic biopsy. There was no significant difference in the complication rates between sextant intraprostatic biopsy and sextant intraprostatic plus extraprostatic biopsy (p>0.97).
CONCLUSIONS:
Extraprostatic biopsy identifies extension of carcinoma in a large proportion of patients in whom clinical evaluation by DRE and TRUS indicates organ-confined disease. Extraprostatic biopsy is therefore warranted as routine evaluation before surgery in order to correctly stage prostatic carcinoma and select appropriate therapy.
AuthorsJ C Saliken, R R Gray, B J Donnelly, R Owen, L J White, N Ali-Ridha, B So, P T Ting
JournalCanadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes (Can Assoc Radiol J) Vol. 51 Issue 2 Pg. 114-20 (Apr 2000) ISSN: 0846-5371 [Print] United States
PMID10786920 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial, Phase II, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cryosurgery
  • Endosonography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prostate (pathology)
  • Prostatic Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
  • Seminal Vesicles (pathology)

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