Comparing clinical staging plus transrectal ultrasound with surgical-pathologic staging of prostate cancer.
Twenty-five men with histopathologic diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma were staged utilizing traditional staging modalities and transrectal ultrasound of the prostate (TRUSP). A comparison was then done with surgical-pathologic stage. TRUSP accurately predicted the local extent of disease in 84 percent of patients, while digital rectal examination understaged in 64 percent of patients. TRUSP is a valuable adjunct to staging prostate cancer prior to definitive therapy.
Perrapato
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Urology Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Carothers
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Maatman
T J
TJ
Soechtig
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CE
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010808:Physical Examination; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography