title: [Could the transrectal prostate biopsy predict the rate of positive lymph nodes in prostate cancer patients?].
abstract: Since 1989, when Hodge and al. demonstrated transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy, it has become a "gold standard" for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. According to the experience gained in the period 1999-2003 in the Department of Urology-Medical University, Sofia, in a prospective follow-up of 20 prostate cancer patients, we found relationship between the positive tru-cut biopsy cores and the rate of positive lymph nodes.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ormanov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirilov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simeonov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bonev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ianev
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vasilev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panchev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D036761:Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal