International journal of clinical oncology
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Int. J. Clin. Oncol. · Apr 2006
Three-dimensional combination of transrectal and transperineal biopsies for efficient detection of stage T1c prostate cancer.
Although an increasing number of men present with stage T1c prostate cancer, the optimal biopsy strategy for detecting stage T1c disease still remains to be defined. The aim of this study was to explore an efficient first-time biopsy scheme for detecting stage T1c and T2 prostate cancer. ⋯ We propose a three-dimensional 14-core and a three-dimensional 8-core biopsy as efficient first-time biopsy schemes to detect stage T1c and T2 prostate cancer, respectively.