title: Seminal vesicle biopsies in the preoperative staging of prostatic cancer.
abstract: Twenty-five patients with localized prostate cancer underwent seminal vesicle biopsies before radical prostatectomy. A transrectal probe of 7 MHz, a 18-gauge needle and a biopsy gun were used. The preoperative biopsy established the absence of seminal vesicle invasion in 89% of cases. When the seminal vesicles are positive at biopsy, capsular penetration is observed in 100% of the cases and lymph node positivity in 50%. When seminal vesicles are negative at biopsy and the prostate-specific antigen level is less than 20 ng/ml (n less than 2.5), capsular penetration of greater than 1 cm is absent in 100% of cases and lymph nodes are positive in only 7% of cases. Biopsy of the seminal vesicle, as an outpatient procedure, improves the preoperative staging of prostate cancer before radical prostatectomy: negative biopsies are good predictors of the absence of lymph node invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, CMC de la Porte de Choisy, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vallancien
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prapotnich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Veillon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brisset
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: André-Bougaran
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen