Open AccessEvaluating prostate needle biopsy: Therapeutic and prognostic importance
Author(s) -
Bostwick David G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.47.5.297
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , prostate cancer , intraepithelial neoplasia , atypical adenomatous hyperplasia , prostate , rectal examination , prostate biopsy , cancer , radiology , adenocarcinoma
Needle biopsy of the prostate plays a central role in the diagnosis of prostate cancer and the prediction of outcome. Strategies for sampling the prostate are being refined, which will increase the diagnostic yield. In combination with other clinical factors, the pathologic findings obtained from the biopsy specimen provide enhanced predictive accuracy for stage and individual outcome.