title: Comparing clinical staging plus transrectal ultrasound with surgical-pathologic staging of prostate cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Perrapato
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Carothers
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Maatman
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Soechtig
mesh_terms: 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