Prostate cancer detection in BPH patients.
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.
Puppo
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Department of Urology, S. Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy.
Perachino
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Ricciotti
G
G
Bozzo
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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
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen