title: Incidental prostatic cancer: repeat TURP or biopsy?
abstract: An incidental diagnosis of carcinoma is made in about 15% of patients undergoing transurethral or open surgery for prostatic adenoma. The importance of correct staging lies in the different clinical behaviors of the tumor according to the stage, which means that it will require different treatment. We present a review article on the diagnosis of residual neoplasia following transurethral resection of the prostate.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento delle Emergenze e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Sezione di Urologia 1, e Trapianto di Rene, Bari, Italia. luciomartino@tin.it
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucarelli
authors.forename: Francesco Paolo
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Selvaggi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen