title: Prostate cancer detection in BPH patients.
abstract: The first problem to be solved in the evaluation of BPH patients is surely the differential diagnosis with prostate carcinoma. We evaluated the impact of a combined approach for prostate cancer detection using DRE, PSA, TRUS and ultrasound-guided biopsy, determining the sensitivity and specificity of different tools, in order to obtain a diagnostic algorithm to be used for pretreatment differential diagnosis between prostate cancer and BPH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, S. Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puppo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perachino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricciotti
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bozzo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen