Significance of Suspicious Lesions at Transrectal Ultrasonography in Men with Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels of <20 ng/ml

Autor: Hong Bang Shim, Ja Hyeon Ku, Hyoung Keun Park, Sangeun Lee
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Tumori Journal. 93:178-181
ISSN: 2038-2529
0300-8916
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300211
Popis: Aims and Background The objective of the study was to evaluate the significance of suspicious lesions at transrectal ultrasonography for prostate cancer diagnosis. Patients and Methods A total of 1,009 men with a mean age of 65.0 ± 7.7 years (range, 40.0-79.0) constituted the study cohort and 265 (26.3%) were diagnosed with prostate cancer on initial biopsy. Results The cancer detection rate was higher in patients with suspicious lesions (33.2%) than in those with no suspicious lesion (21.5%) (PConclusions Our findings do not provide a rationale to recommend the addition of lesion-directed biopsy in patients with suspicious lesions at transrectal ultrasonography. However, men with suspicious lesions at transrectal ultrasonography had a higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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