Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Società italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica / Associazione ricerche in urologia
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Arch Ital Urol Androl · Dec 1996
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial[Role of expectant therapy in prostatic carcinoma of low grade and staging].
Low stage and grade prostate cancer can be treated by radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy and expectant therapy. Preoperative evaluation with biopsy is in many cases unreliable to pathological stage and grade. ⋯ Grading was confirmed by radical prostatectomy specimen in 62.5%. The role of expectant therapy is then discussed.
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Arch Ital Urol Androl · Dec 1996
[Preoperative staging of prostatic carcinoma: evaluation of the role of transrectal echography].
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.