Update: prostate cancer early detection clinical practice guidelines.
Histopathologic analysis of a biopsy specimen of the prostate, examined to ascertain the presence of malignancy, can result in 4 possible diagnostic scenarios: (1) prostate cancer, (2) no evidence of cancer, (3) high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and (4) atypical small-gland proliferation suggestive of malignancy but not diagnostic. Until new studies provide a better method for selecting patients to undergo rebiopsy, patients diagnosed with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia from a single core biopsy should undergo rebiopsy. A diagnosis of atypical glands suggestive of malignancy indicates that a rebiopsy should be performed because the chances of finding an invasive carcinoma are high.
Ayala
Alberto G
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Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. aayala@mail.mdanderson.org
D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*