Serial Biopsy Results in Prostate Cancer Screening Study
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 167 (6) , 2435-2439
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64999-3
Abstract
Conclusions Nearly a quarter of prostate cancers detected in this screening study were missed by the initial biopsy. Of the 962 prostate cancers detected 77% were detected with 1, 91% with 2, 97% with 3 and 99% with 4 biopsy procedures. Serial biopsies detect more organ confined cancers without over detecting clinically unimportant tumors. Future studies are needed to determine whether obtaining more biopsy cores initially would provide earlier prostate cancer detection and avoid unnecessary repeat biopsies.Keywords
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