title: Evaluating prostate needle biopsy: therapeutic and prognostic importance.
abstract: Needle biopsy of the prostate plays a central role in the diagnosis of prostate cancer and the prediction of outcome. Strategies for sampling the prostate are being refined, which will increase the diagnostic yield. In combination with other clinical factors, the pathologic findings obtained from the biopsy specimen provide enhanced predictive accuracy for stage and individual outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Bostwick
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013048:Specimen Handling