Extensive biopsy using a combined transperineal and transrectal approach to improve prostate cancer detection
- 18 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Urology
- Vol. 12 (11), 959-963
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01186.x
Abstract
Previous studies have indicated that 6-core transrectal prostate biopsy misses a considerable number of cancers. We performed an extensive biopsy protocol of 12-core sampling using both transperineal and transrectal approaches to determine the impact on the cancer detection rate. We prospectively evaluated 402 men who underwent 6-core transperineal and 6-core transrectal biopsies simultaneously due to abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) and/or elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels of 4.0 ng/mL or greater. Using the transperineal approach we obtained four cores from the bilateral peripheral zone targeting the lateral and parasagittal areas and two cores from the bilateral transition zone. The following transrectal biopsy was performed traditionally. We compared cancer detection rate between the extended 12-core procedure and conventional 6-core transperineal and transrectal groups in terms of total PSA and DRE findings. Using the extensive combined method, prostate cancer was detected in 195 cases (48.5%) and the detection rate significantly increased 7.2% and 8.5% compared to the transperineal and transrectal groups, respectively. According to PSA levels and DRE findings, the cancer detection rate by the combined method was significantly improved in patients with PSA levels of 4-10 ng/mL and negative DRE: 10.3% and 11.6% compared to the transperineal and transrectal groups, respectively. The extensive 12-core method significantly improved the overall cancer detection rate and was especially efficient for men with PSA levels of 4-10 ng/mL accompanied by a negative DRE finding.Keywords
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