title: Transrectal ultrasound used in office practice to aid in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the prostate.
abstract: Transrectal ultrasound and TRUS-guided needle biopsy was studied in office practice to detect prostate cancer in men with palpably irregular prostates or elevated tumor markers (PAP/PSA). Of 330 men examined, 118 had TRUS biopsy: 33 were positive for adenocarcinoma, 13 were small volume, low stage lesions treated by R.R.P. Twenty-eight percent of all patients biopsied had adenocarcinoma: 11% (13) had low volume, low stage disease potentially curable by radical surgery, representing 4% of the total studied. TRUS in combination with markers does aid in the diagnosis of low stage prostatic adenocarcinoma. It is a practical, useful, office-based urologic procedure.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Riemenschneider
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Galdieri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amato
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*