title: [Preoperative staging of prostatic carcinoma: evaluation of the role of transrectal echography].
abstract: Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (RRP) is the choice treatment for localized prostate cancer. Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) was used to predict local tumor extension in ninety-one patients prior RRP. In these patients 41% showed histologic evidence of extracapsular spread. These data suggest that ultrasonography is associated with considerable staging errors when used to evaluate men with clinically localized prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Urologia, Università di Bari.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Curatolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cirillo Marucco
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ludovico
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Limitone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pagliarulo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Stadiazione preoperatoria del carcinoma prostatico: valutazione del ruolo dell'ecografia transrettale.