[Preoperative staging of prostatic carcinoma: evaluation of the role of transrectal echography]. / Stadiazione preoperatoria del carcinoma prostatico: valutazione del ruolo dell'ecografia transrettale.

ABSTRACT

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.