Preoperative staging of prostatic carcinoma: evaluation of the role of transrectal echography
Lorusso, A.; Curatolo, C.; Cirillo Marucco, E.; Ludovico, G.M.; Limitone, D.A.; Pagliarulo, A.
Archivio Italiano di Urologia Andrologia Organo Ufficiale di Societa Italiana di Ecografia Urologica e Nefrologica 68(5 Suppl): 83-85
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1124-3562 PMID: 9162382 Document Number: 457669
Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (RRP) is the choice treatment for localized prostate cancer. Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) was used to predict local tumor extension in ninety-one patients prior RRP. In these patients 41% showed histologic evidence of extracapsular spread. These data suggest that ultrasonography is associated with considerable staging errors when used to evaluate men with clinically localized prostate cancer.