What is the Best Number of Core to Improve Saturation Biopsy Detection Rate?

Prostate core saturation biopsy (SB) is today considered in patients where clinical or biochemical hypothesis of prostate cancer (PCa) is still present after previous normal core biopsies. The technique rationale is to increase the detection rate (DT) both by increasing the number of cores for the p...

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Published in:Urologia 2009-01, Vol.76 (4_suppl15), p.70-73
Main Authors: Marchioro, G., Billia, M., Volpe, A., Vidali, M., Maso, G., Varvello, F., Zaramella, S., Di Domenico, A., Ranzoni, S., Arancio, M., Martinengo, C., Terrone, C.
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Summary:Prostate core saturation biopsy (SB) is today considered in patients where clinical or biochemical hypothesis of prostate cancer (PCa) is still present after previous normal core biopsies. The technique rationale is to increase the detection rate (DT) both by increasing the number of cores for the pathologist, in order to obtain more tissue to be analyzed, and both by mapping regions that are not usually investigated with a standard or extended prostate biopsy. Moreover, the technique is not free from complications and today, one of the main controversies about SB is how many cores have to be taken in order to maintain high detection rate with low complication rate. Aim of the present retrospective study is to compare safety and DT of 3 different schemes of SB, performed with different number of cores.
ISSN:0391-5603
1724-6075
DOI:10.1177/039156030907604s16