OBJECTIVES: HistoScanning™ (HS) is a method of ecographic diagnosis of prostate cancer.
We analyze the effectiveness of the HS realization prior to the biopsys for the prostate adenocarcinoma diagnosis.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: From August to October 2012 we have carried out a study with HS prior to the biopsys in 32 patients. In all cases sextants transrectalbiopsys have been realized (two cores in each sextant) in the periphery zone. In those sextants in which there were suspicious areas with HS, the biopsys were addressed to those areas. Transperinealbiopsys were added to those zones placed in the half-front or apical prostatic zone. The medium age was 63.7 years (range 40-82) with a medium PSA of 8.0ng/ml (range 3.5-36.2) and a medium prostatic volume of 46.6cc (range 18.2-103.2). In eight cases it was the first biopsy, in 14 cases they were repetition biopsys and 10 patients had a previous diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma (8 in a program of active surveillance and 2 T1a in RTU of previous prostate).
RESULTS: In the 32 patients a medium of 7,5 zones were biopsed (range 6-9) with a total of 239 zones studied. There were identified a medium of 3.2 zones with suspictious areas (ZS) with HS (range 2-5) with a total of 103 ZS. In 72 zones of 25 patients it was found adenocarcinoma or PIN (2 PIN, 11 score Gleason 6, 7 score Gleason 7, 3 score Gleason 8 and 2 score Gleason 9). There were 35 positive falses zones in 20 patients (11 normal parenquima and 9 cronic inflammation). Negative falses were produced in 5 zones in 5 patients (2PIN, 2 score Gleason 6 and 1 score Gleason 7) although in all 5 cases adenocarcinoma was encountered (o discovered) in other zones. The HS presented a sensibility of a 93.5% with a specificity of 79.5%. The positive predictive value was of the 67.35% with a negative predictive value of 96.5%.
CONCLUSIONS: In spite of being a selected serie, with a high rate of patients with adenocarcinoma, the exploration with HS has presented a great sensibility and a high negative predictive value. These data, although they must be confirmed in less selected series, state that the prior exploration with HS can help as in the diagnostic in the biopsies as in the follow-up of programs of active surveillance.
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Núñez-Mora C, García-Mediero JM, Patiño P, Orellana C, Garrido A, Rojo A, Rendón D. Are you the author?
Servicio de Urología, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, España.
Reference: Actas Urol Esp. 2013 Mar 15. pii: S0210-4806(13)00005-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.acuro.2013.01.003
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23507291
Article in English, Spanish.
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