Incidental prostatic cancer: repeat TURP or biopsy?
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.
Martino
Pasquale
P
Dipartimento delle Emergenze e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Sezione di Urologia 1, e Trapianto di Rene, Bari, Italia. luciomartino@tin.it
Palazzo
Silvano
S
Battaglia
Michele
M
Lucarelli
Giuseppe
G
Selvaggi
Francesco Paolo
FP
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
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen