[The value of ultrasound-guided multiple systematic biopsies in the early diagnosis of cancer of the prostate].
Endorectal ultrasonography using a 7 mHZ probe was performed in 99 patients with a negative history for surgery of the prostate and either findings on rectal examination suggestive of cancer (T3 stage excluded) or a serum level of prostate-specific antigen of 2.5 mg/ml or more. A biopsy gun was used to harvest 1.5 centimetre long specimens. Ultrasound-guided biopsies were performed in peripheral hypoechogeneic areas; in addition, regardless of the result of the endorectal ultrasonography, routine multiple ultrasound-guided biopsies were performed in both lobes of the prostate (3 per lobe). Morbidity consisted in two cases of prostatitis (2%). Among the 99 patients, ultrasound guided biopsies found 16 carcinomas (16.1%), and routine multiple ultrasound-guided biopsies found 32 (32.3%) carcinomas. Four patients with normal results upon rectal examination and endorectal ultrasonography were found to have carcinoma of the prostate. These findings suggest that the morbidity of routine multiple ultrasound-guided biopsies is low; that routine multiple ultrasound-guided biopsies is more sensitive than ultrasound guided biopsies, with 16/99 (16%) additional carcinomas detected in this study and 56% of carcinomas among those patients with findings upon the rectal examination suggestive of malignant disease; and that routine multiple ultrasound-guided biopsies can allow the detection of carcinomas responsible for isolated elevation of prostate-specific antigen levels without anomalies of the rectal examination or endorectal ultrasonography (8% of the carcinomas in this study).
Billebaud
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Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Bichat, Paris.
Sibert
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A
Dauge
M C
MC
Boccon-Gibod
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L
Baron
J C
JC
Villers
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A
Delmas
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V
Boccon-Gibod
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L
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
Intérêt des biopsies systématiques multiples échoguidées dans le diagnostic précoce du cancer de prostate.