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Carcinoma core distribution in patients with palpable and nonpalpable prostate tumors
Author(s) -
Hernandez Javier,
Thompson Ian M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.21019
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate , carcinoma , prostate cancer , prostate carcinoma , biopsy , radiology , cancer , pathology
of prostate‐specific antigen (PSA)–based screening for prostate carcinoma has led to a significant increase in the detection of prostate carcinoma. Prostate core needle biopsy remains the gold standard as a diagnostic tool with which to ascertain disease status. In this issue of Cancer , Demura et al. challenge some commonly accepted concepts regarding the zonal distribution of prostate carcinoma and explore the distribution of carcinoma cores within the prostate as well as the potential impact of a systematic, ultrasound‐guided transperineal template biopsy in improving carcinoma detection rates.