title: [Role of expectant therapy in prostatic carcinoma of low grade and staging].
abstract: Low stage and grade prostate cancer can be treated by radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy and expectant therapy. Preoperative evaluation with biopsy is in many cases unreliable to pathological stage and grade. In this study we considered 31 patients with prostate cancer, evaluated with directed ultrasound guided biopsy (15) or with sextant biopsy (16). Sextant biopsy showed better results. Grading was confirmed by radical prostatectomy specimen in 62.5%. The role of expectant therapy is then discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Curatolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giocoli Nacci
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ludovico
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cirillo Limitone
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Marucco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pagliarulo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ruolo della expectant therapy nel carcinoma della prostata di basso grado e stadio.