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Chen Y, Zhou Z, Zhou Y, Mai Z, Jin S, Liang Z, Shang Z, Zuo Y, Xiao Y, Wang W, Wang H, Yan W. Updated prevalence of latent prostate cancer in Chinese population and comparison of biopsy results: An autopsy-based study. Innovation (N Y) 2024; 5:100558. [PMID: 38261840 PMCID: PMC10794118 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2023.100558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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Prostate cancer detected by autopsy is named latent prostate cancer. As the repertoire of clinical prostate cancer, latent cancer may better reflect the disease burden. Unlike clinical prostate specimens, which are obtained exclusively from biopsy-positive cases, prostate specimens obtained through autopsy provide information on biopsy-negative cases, helping calculate the true sensitivity of prostate biopsy. From 2014 to 2021, we collected autopsy specimens of the prostate from body donors in China and performed transperineal and transrectal biopsies on specimens before step-sectioning and pathological measurements. We found that the crude prevalence of latent prostate cancer in middle-aged and elderly men was 35.1% (81/231), which was higher than previous estimates for Chinese populations. The overall per-patient sensitivities of transperineal and transrectal biopsies were not significantly different (33.3% vs. 32.1%, p = 0.82), but the two approaches differed in preferential sampling area along the proximal-distal axis of the prostate. Transperineal biopsy had a higher sensitivity for detecting clinically significant lesions in the distal third (34.7% vs. 16.3%, p = 0.02) and distal half (30.6% vs. 18.1%, p = 0.04), while transrectal biopsy had a higher sensitivity for lesions in the proximal half (25.0% vs. 13.9%, p = 0.046). Both transperineal and transrectal methods of biopsy missed most small lesions (<0.1 mL) and 35.3% (6/17) of large lesions (>0.5 mL). In conclusion, the prevalence of latent prostate cancer in China has increased over the past 2 decades. Systematic transperineal and transrectal methods of biopsy had comparable sensitivities but had different preferential sampling areas. Both approaches miss one-third of large lesions.
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- Yuliang Chen
- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Beijing Hospital, National Centre of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Michael ZD, Kotamarti S, Deivasigamani S, Seguier D, Polascik TJ. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Utility of Transperineal Template Prostate Mapping Biopsy: A 13-year Experience. Urology 2023; 177:115-121. [PMID: 37105359 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess Duke's experience on the utility of transperineal template mapping biopsy (TTMB) for re-evaluating patients with persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen after prior negative biopsy, with pre-existing prostate cancer (PCa) already on active surveillance (AS), or considering focal therapy (FT). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed Duke patients undergoing TTMB. Functional outcomes were evaluated using International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) and International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Complications within 30 days were recorded. Nonparametric statistical analyses compared functional measures from baseline to 2 and 6 weeks post-TTMB. RESULTS From 8/2009 to 1/2021, 218 patients underwent TTMB, with 57-month median follow-up. Complication rate was 17.4%, with the majority Clavien I. Overall PCa detection was 72.9%, with clinically significant PCa in 53.2%; for those without prior PCa diagnosis (n = 117), overall detection was 64.1% with clinically significant PCa in 49.5%. Of those on AS at TTMB (n = 86), 36 (41.8%) had Gleason upgrading. TTMB changed management for 59 (68.6%) patients, with 38 (44.2%) proceeding to whole-gland therapy and 21 (24.4%) electing FT. Regarding functional outcomes, IPSS were insignificantly different from baseline at 6 weeks (P = NS). Overall functional score impacts were minimal across subgroups; in groups with significant declines in IIEF-5, median score drops were ≤1 point and caused minimal/no movement in IIEF-5 scoring category. CONCLUSION In this cohort, TTMB offered enhanced cancer detection with overall minimal impact to functional outcomes. We conclude from this comprehensive assessment that TTMB provides value to rule out PCa, prevent overtreatment of those that can remain on AS, evaluate FT candidacy, and identify those needing whole-gland management.
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- Zoe D Michael
- Department of Urology, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC
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- Department of Urology, Lille University, Lille, France
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Choi YH, Lee CU, Song W, Chang Jeong B, Seo SI, Jeon SS, Lee HM, Jeon HG, Lee SJ. Combination of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and transperineal template-guided mapping prostate biopsy to determine potential candidates for focal therapy. Prostate Int 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prnil.2022.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sidana A, Blank F, Wang H, Patil N, George AK, Abbas H. Schema and cancer detection rates for transperineal prostate biopsy templates: a review. Ther Adv Urol 2022; 14:17562872221105019. [PMID: 35783921 PMCID: PMC9243579 DOI: 10.1177/17562872221105019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common noncutaneous malignancy in men and is
the second leading cause of cancer mortality in men in the United States.
Current practice requires histopathological confirmation of cancer achieved
through biopsy for diagnosis. The transrectal approach for prostate biopsy has
been the standard for several decades. However, the risks and limitations of
transrectal biopsies have led to a recent resurgence of transperineal prostatic
biopsies. Recent studies have demonstrated the transperineal approach for
prostate biopsies to be effective, associated with minimal complications and
superior in several aspects to traditional transrectal biopsies. While sextant
and extended sextant templates are widely accepted templates for transrectal
biopsy, there are a diverse set of transperineal biopsy templates available for
use, without consensus on the optimal sampling strategy. We aim to critically
appraise the salient features of established transperineal biopsy templates.
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- Abhinav Sidana
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Urologic Oncology, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Ippoliti S, Fletcher P, Orecchia L, Miano R, Kastner C, Barrett T. Optimal biopsy approach for detection of clinically significant prostate cancer. Br J Radiol 2022; 95:20210413. [PMID: 34357796 PMCID: PMC8978235 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20210413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic and therapeutic work-up has evolved significantly in the last decade, with pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI now widely endorsed within international guidelines. There is potential to move away from the widespread use of systematic biopsy cores and towards an individualised risk-stratified approach. However, the evidence on the optimal biopsy approach remains heterogeneous, and the aim of this review is to highlight the most relevant features following a critical assessment of the literature. The commonest biopsy approaches are via the transperineal (TP) or transrectal (TR) routes. The former is considered more advantageous due to its negligible risk of post-procedural sepsis and reduced need for antimicrobial prophylaxis; the more recent development of local anaesthetic (LA) methods now makes this approach feasible in the clinic. Beyond this, several techniques are available, including cognitive registration, MRI-Ultrasound fusion imaging and direct MRI in-bore guided biopsy. Evidence shows that performing targeted biopsies reduces the number of cores required and can achieve acceptable rates of detection whilst helping to minimise complications and reducing pathologist workloads and costs to health-care facilities. Pre-biopsy MRI has revolutionised the diagnostic pathway for PCa, and optimising the biopsy process is now a focus. Combining MR imaging, TP biopsy and a more widespread use of LA in an outpatient setting seems a reasonable solution to balance health-care costs and benefits, however, local choices are likely to depend on the expertise and experience of clinicians and on the technology available.
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- Simona Ippoliti
- Urology Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK
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- Urology Department, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
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- Urology Department, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
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- Radiology Department, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
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Devetzis K, Kum F, Popert R. Recent Advances in Systematic and Targeted Prostate Biopsies. Res Rep Urol 2021; 13:799-809. [PMID: 34805013 PMCID: PMC8598205 DOI: 10.2147/rru.s291963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Prostate biopsy is the definitive investigation to diagnose prostate cancer. The ideal procedure would be one that offers fast and efficient results safely as an outpatient procedure. Historically, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy is considered the gold standard but transrectal biopsy can under-sample the anterior and apical regions of the prostate and is associated with a risk of prostate biopsy-related sepsis, which may require intensive care admission. Transperineal (TP) biopsy addresses the inefficient sampling of TRUS biopsy but historically has been done under general anaesthetic, which makes it difficult to incorporate into timed diagnostic pathways such as the National Health Service (NHS) 2-week cancer pathway. TRUS biopsy has remained the mainstay of clinical diagnosis because of its simplicity; however, the recent development of simpler local anaesthetic transperineal techniques has transformed outpatient biopsy practice. These techniques practically eliminate prostate biopsy-related sepsis, have a shallow learning curve and offer effective sampling of all areas of the prostate in an outpatient setting. The effectiveness of TP biopsy has been enhanced by the introduction of multiparametric MRI prior to biopsy, the use of PSA density for risk stratification in equivocal cases and combined with more efficient targeted and systematic biopsies techniques, such as the Ginsburg Protocol, has improved the tolerability and diagnostic yield of local anaesthetic TP biopsies, reducing the risk of complications from the oversampling associated with transperineal template mapping biopsies. Areas where the literature remains unclear is the optimum number of cores needed to detect clinically significant disease (CSD) in patients with a definable lesion on MRI, in particular, whether there is a need for systematic biopsy in the face of equivocal MRI findings to ensure no CSD is missed. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on prostate cancer referrals and prostate biopsy techniques within the UK; prior to the pandemic 65% of all prostate biopsies were TRUS, since the pandemic the proportions have reversed such that now over 65% of all prostate biopsies in the NHS are transperineal.
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- King's College School of Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Urology, 1st Floor Southwark Wing, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Urology, 1st Floor Southwark Wing, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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Arcot R, Polascik TJ. Evolution of Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer: Past, Present, and Future. Urol Clin North Am 2021; 49:129-152. [PMID: 34776047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2021.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Organ sparing approaches for the management of localized prostate cancer were developed in part to overcome the morbidity associated with standard, whole gland treatment options. The first description of focal therapy was now over two decades ago and since that time much has changed. The evolution of patient selection, the approach to ablation, and surveillance after focal therapy have mirrored the technologic advancements in the field as well as the improved understanding of the biology of low-grade, low-risk prostate cancer. This review presents the evidence for the basis of focal therapy from the past to the present and future endeavors.
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- Rohith Arcot
- Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Duke Cancer Center, 20 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Duke Cancer Center, 20 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Sandahl M, Pedersen BG, Ulhøi BP, Borre M, Sørensen KD. Risk stratification in men with a negative prostate biopsy: an interim analysis of a prospective cohort study. BJU Int 2021; 128:702-712. [PMID: 33964113 DOI: 10.1111/bju.15443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether a risk score for prostate cancer (PCa) lifetime risk can be used to optimise triaging of patients with a negative prostate biopsy, but under sustained suspicion of PCa. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this prospective clinical study, we included, and risk scored patients who had a PCa-negative transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy, but elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a suspicious prostate digital rectal examination and/or a positive family history (FH) of PCa. The risk score estimated individual lifetime risk of PCa, based on a polygenic risk score (33 single nucleotide polymorphisms), age, and FH of PCa. Patients were followed, under urological supervision, for up to 4 years with annual controls, always including PSA measurements. Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and/or prostate biopsy was performed at selected annual controls depending on risk score and at the urologist's/patient's discretion, which means that the follow-up differed based on the risk score. RESULTS We included 429 patients. After risk scoring, 376/429 (88%) patients were allocated to a normal-risk group (<30% PCa lifetime risk) and 53/429 (12%) to a high-risk group (≥30% PCa lifetime risk). The high-risk group had significantly different follow-up, with more biopsy and mpMRI sessions compared to the normal-risk group. PCa was detected in 89/429 (21%) patients, with 67/376 (18%) patients diagnosed in the normal-risk group and 22/53 (42%) in the high-risk group. There was no statistically significant difference in the cumulative incidence of PCa between the normal-risk group and the high-risk group after 4 years of follow-up. Currently, 67/429 (16%) patients are still being followed in this ongoing study. CONCLUSION In a 4-year perspective, our PCa lifetime risk score did not demonstrate significant prognostic value for triaging patients, with a negative TRUS-guided biopsy and sustained suspicion of PCa.
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- Mads Sandahl
- Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The goal of this study is to review recent findings and evaluate the utility of MRI transrectal ultrasound fusion biopsy (FBx) techniques and discuss future directions. RECENT FINDINGS FBx detects significantly higher rates of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) than ultrasound-guided systematic prostate biopsy (SBx), particularly in repeat biopsy settings. FBx has also been shown to detect significantly lower rates of clinically insignificant prostate cancer. In addition, a dedicated prostate MRI can assist in more accurately predicting the Gleason score and provide further information regarding the index cancer location, prostate volume, and clinical stage. The ability to accurately evaluate specific lesions is vital to both focal therapy and active surveillance, for treatment selection, planning, and adequate follow-up. FBx has been demonstrated in multiple high-quality studies to have improved performance in diagnosis of csPCa compared to SBx. The combination of FBx with novel technologies including radiomics, prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA PET), and high-resolution micro-ultrasound may have the potential to further enhance this performance.
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Aydin AM, Gage K, Dhillon J, Cheriyan SK, Poch MA, Manley BJ, Li R, Sexton WJ, Spiess PE, Gilbert SM, Pow-Sang JM. Focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation for localized prostate cancer: Safety and feasibility. Int J Urol 2020; 27:882-889. [PMID: 32767444 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety and feasibility of focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation in men with localized prostate cancer. METHODS A review of 10 patients treated with a novel bipolar radiofrequency ablation probe integrated in a coil design (Encage; Trod Medical, Bradenton, FL, USA) between 2011 and 2017 in two prospective pilot trials. All men had clinical stage T1c prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen <10 ng/mL and Gleason score ≤7. Ablation was carried out under general anesthesia, and bipolar probes were inserted transperineally under transrectal ultrasound guidance. Treatment-related adverse events, quality of life and negative biopsy rate were evaluated at 6 months after ablation. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare baseline and post-treatment symptom scores. RESULTS The median age was 58 years (range 50-64 years) and the median prostate volume was 49.65 cc (range 21-68 cc). Prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 6 (3 + 3) and 7 (3 + 4) was noted in seven and three patients, respectively. The median number of radiofrequency ablation cycles was 2.5 (range 2-5). All patients were catheter-free and able to void the day of surgery. Within 6 months after ablation, all adverse events were low grade, with the exception of one grade 3 hematuria that required cystoscopy without coagulation. Six months after ablation bowel, urinary and hormonal functions, and overall satisfaction remained stable. Erectile dysfunction occurred in two out of four patients who had normal sexual function before the procedure. Neither urinary incontinence nor urinary infection was noted. CONCLUSIONS This first report on focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation documents a safe and feasible treatment option for selected patients with localized prostate cancer.
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- Ahmet Murat Aydin
- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of , Department of , Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of , Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Sklinda K, Mruk B, Walecki J. Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Using Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Review of the Current Role and Future Perspectives. Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e920252. [PMID: 32279066 PMCID: PMC7172004 DOI: 10.12659/msm.920252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Clinically, active surveillance involves continuous monitoring of patients who may be at risk for disease. Patients with low-grade and early-stage prostate cancer may benefit from active surveillance, rather than undergoing surgical and medical treatments that are associated with side effects. In these cases, the role of active surveillance is to ensure that there is no progression of the disease. However, active surveillance may be associated with a risk of under-diagnosis. Previously, the assignment of risk categories and patient monitoring were based on digital rectal examination, transrectal prostate biopsy, and monitoring of serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate gland has an estimated negative predictive value of 95% for the detection of prostate cancer, which makes this an effective imaging method for targeting biopsies and for monitoring patients over time. Also, multiparametric MRI-guided biopsy at the initial stage of the risk stratification for patients who are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer may reduce the number of underdiagnosed patients, improve long-term patient prognosis, and reduce the number of patients who are overtreated, which may reduce healthcare costs and reduce treatment morbidity. For these reasons, multiparametric MRI has become an accepted monitoring tool in patients who are enrolled in active surveillance programs. This review aims to present the current status of the use of multiparametric MRI in active surveillance of prostate cancer and to discuss future perspectives, supported by recent literature.
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- Katarzyna Sklinda
- Department of Radiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Alexander EJ, Murray JR, Morgan VA, Giles SL, Riches SF, Hazell S, Thomas K, Sohaib SA, Thompson A, Gao A, Dearnaley DP, DeSouza NM. Validation of T2- and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for mapping intra-prostatic tumour prior to focal boost dose-escalation using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Radiother Oncol 2019; 141:181-187. [PMID: 31493904 PMCID: PMC6908966 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To assess the diagnostic accuracy and inter-observer agreement of T2-weighted (T2W) and diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for mapping intra-prostatic tumour lesions (IPLs) for the purpose of focal dose-escalation in prostate cancer radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-six men selected for radical treatment with radiotherapy were recruited prospectively and underwent pre-treatment T2W+DW-MRI and 5 mm spaced transperineal template-guided mapping prostate biopsies (TTMPB). A 'traffic-light' system was used to score both data sets. Radiologically suspicious lesions measuring ≥0.5 cm3 were classified as red; suspicious lesions 0.2-0.5 cm3 or larger lesions equivocal for tumour were classified as amber. The histopathology assessment combined pathological grade and tumour length on biopsy (red = ≥4 mm primary Gleason grade 4/5 or ≥6 mm primary Gleason grade 3). Two radiologists assessed the MRI data and inter-observer agreement was measured with Cohens' Kappa co-efficient. RESULTS Twenty-five of 26 men had red image-defined IPLs by both readers, 24 had red pathology-defined lesions. There was a good correlation between lesions ≥0.5 cm3 classified "red" on imaging and "red" histopathology in biopsies (Reader 1: r = 0.61, p < 0.0001, Reader 2: r = 0.44, p = 0.03). Diagnostic accuracy for both readers for red image-defined lesions was sensitivity 85-86%, specificity 93-98%, positive predictive value (PPV) 79-92% and negative predictive value (NPV) 96%. Inter-observer agreement was good (Cohen's Kappa 0.61). CONCLUSIONS MRI is accurate for mapping clinically significant prostate cancer; diffusion-restricted lesions ≥0.5 cm3 can be confidently identified for radiation dose boosting.
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- E J Alexander
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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Song W, Kang M, Jeong BC, Seo SI, Jeon SS, Lee HM, Jeon HG. The clinical utility of transperineal template-guided saturation prostate biopsy for risk stratification after transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. Investig Clin Urol 2019; 60:454-462. [PMID: 31692988 PMCID: PMC6821983 DOI: 10.4111/icu.2019.60.6.454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the clinical utility of transperineal template-guided saturation prostate biopsy (TPB) for risk stratification after transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed 155 patients who underwent TPB after previously negative results on TRUS-guided biopsy (n=58) or who were candidates for active surveillance (n=97) fulfilling the PRIAS criteria between May 2017 and November 2018. The patients' clinicopathologic data were reviewed, and the detection of clinically significant cancer (CSC) and upgrading of Gleason grade were identified. Results The patients' median age and pre-TPB prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value were 65.0 years and 5.74 ng/mL, respectively. A median of 36 biopsy cores was obtained in each patient, with a median TPB core density of 0.88 cores/cm3. Of the 58 males with a previous negative result on TRUS-guided biopsy, prostate cancer (PCa) was detected in 17 males (29.3%), including 8 with CSC. Of the 97 patient candidates for active surveillance, upgrading of the Gleason grade was identified in 31 males (32.0%), 20 with a Gleason grade of 7 (3+4), 6 with a Gleason grade of 7 (4+3), and 5 with a Gleason grade of 8 (4+4). The overall complication rate was 14.8% (23/155), and there were no Clavien–Dindo grade 3 to 5 complications. Conclusions TPB helps to stratify the risk of PCa that was previously missed or underdiagnosed by TRUS-guided biopsy. TPB might be used as a diagnostic tool to determine risk classification and to help counsel patients with regard to treatment decisions.
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- Wan Song
- Department of Urology, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Dikaios N, Giganti F, Sidhu HS, Johnston EW, Appayya MB, Simmons L, Freeman A, Ahmed HU, Atkinson D, Punwani S. Multi-parametric MRI zone-specific diagnostic model performance compared with experienced radiologists for detection of prostate cancer. Eur Radiol 2019; 29:4150-4159. [PMID: 30456585 PMCID: PMC6610264 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5799-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Compare the performance of zone-specific multi-parametric-MRI (mp-MRI) diagnostic models in prostate cancer detection with experienced radiologists. METHODS A single-centre, IRB approved, prospective STARD compliant 3 T MRI test dataset of 203 patients was generated to test validity and generalisability of previously reported 1.5 T mp-MRI diagnostic models. All patients included within the test dataset underwent 3 T mp-MRI, comprising T2, diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging followed by transperineal template ± targeted index lesion biopsy. Separate diagnostic models (transition zone (TZ) and peripheral zone (PZ)) were applied to respective zones. Sensitivity/specificity and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC-AUC) were calculated for the two zone-specific models. Two radiologists (A and B) independently Likert scored test 3 T mp-MRI dataset, allowing ROC analysis for each radiologist for each prostate zone. RESULTS Diagnostic models applied to the test dataset demonstrated a ROC-AUC = 0.74 (95% CI 0.67-0.81) in the PZ and 0.68 (95% CI 0.61-0.75) in the TZ. Radiologist A/B had a ROC-AUC = 0.78/0.74 in the PZ and 0.69/0.69 in the TZ. Radiologists A and B each scored 51 patients in the PZ and 41 and 45 patients respectively in the TZ as Likert 3. The PZ model demonstrated a ROC-AUC = 0.65/0.67 for the patients Likert scored as indeterminate by radiologist A/B respectively, whereas the TZ model demonstrated a ROC-AUC = 0.74/0.69. CONCLUSION Zone-specific mp-MRI diagnostic models demonstrate generalisability between 1.5 and 3 T mp-MRI protocols and show similar classification performance to experienced radiologists for prostate cancer detection. Results also indicate the ability of diagnostic models to classify cases with an indeterminate radiologist score. KEY POINTS • MRI diagnostic models had similar performance to experienced radiologists for classification of prostate cancer. • MRI diagnostic models may help radiologists classify tumour in patients with indeterminate Likert 3 scores.
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- Nikolaos Dikaios
- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK
- Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, University of Surrey, 388 Stag Hill, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Departments of Radiology, University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK
- Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK
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- Research Department of Urology, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, NW1 2PG, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospital, London, NW1 2PG, UK
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK
- Departments of Radiology, University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 2nd floor, Charles Bell House, 43-45 Foley Street, London, W1W 7TS, UK.
- Departments of Radiology, University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK.
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Brown LC, Ahmed HU, Faria R, El-Shater Bosaily A, Gabe R, Kaplan RS, Parmar M, Collaco-Moraes Y, Ward K, Hindley RG, Freeman A, Kirkham A, Oldroyd R, Parker C, Bott S, Burns-Cox N, Dudderidge T, Ghei M, Henderson A, Persad R, Rosario DJ, Shergill I, Winkler M, Soares M, Spackman E, Sculpher M, Emberton M. Multiparametric MRI to improve detection of prostate cancer compared with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy alone: the PROMIS study. Health Technol Assess 2019; 22:1-176. [PMID: 30040065 DOI: 10.3310/hta22390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Men with suspected prostate cancer usually undergo transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy. TRUS-guided biopsy can cause side effects and has relatively poor diagnostic accuracy. Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) used as a triage test might allow men to avoid unnecessary TRUS-guided biopsy and improve diagnostic accuracy. OBJECTIVES To (1) assess the ability of mpMRI to identify men who can safely avoid unnecessary biopsy, (2) assess the ability of the mpMRI-based pathway to improve the rate of detection of clinically significant (CS) cancer compared with TRUS-guided biopsy and (3) estimate the cost-effectiveness of a mpMRI-based diagnostic pathway. DESIGN A validating paired-cohort study and an economic evaluation using a decision-analytic model. SETTING Eleven NHS hospitals in England. PARTICIPANTS Men at risk of prostate cancer undergoing a first prostate biopsy. INTERVENTIONS Participants underwent three tests: (1) mpMRI (the index test), (2) TRUS-guided biopsy (the current standard) and (3) template prostate mapping (TPM) biopsy (the reference test). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Diagnostic accuracy of mpMRI, TRUS-guided biopsy and TPM-biopsy measured by sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) using primary and secondary definitions of CS cancer. The percentage of negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans was used to identify men who might be able to avoid biopsy. RESULTS Diagnostic study - a total of 740 men were registered and 576 underwent all three tests. According to TPM-biopsy, the prevalence of any cancer was 71% [95% confidence interval (CI) 67% to 75%]. The prevalence of CS cancer according to the primary definition (a Gleason score of ≥ 4 + 3 and/or cancer core length of ≥ 6 mm) was 40% (95% CI 36% to 44%). For CS cancer, TRUS-guided biopsy showed a sensitivity of 48% (95% CI 42% to 55%), specificity of 96% (95% CI 94% to 98%), PPV of 90% (95% CI 83% to 94%) and NPV of 74% (95% CI 69% to 78%). The sensitivity of mpMRI was 93% (95% CI 88% to 96%), specificity was 41% (95% CI 36% to 46%), PPV was 51% (95% CI 46% to 56%) and NPV was 89% (95% CI 83% to 94%). A negative mpMRI scan was recorded for 158 men (27%). Of these, 17 were found to have CS cancer on TPM-biopsy. Economic evaluation - the most cost-effective strategy involved testing all men with mpMRI, followed by MRI-guided TRUS-guided biopsy in those patients with suspected CS cancer, followed by rebiopsy if CS cancer was not detected. This strategy is cost-effective at the TRUS-guided biopsy definition 2 (any Gleason pattern of ≥ 4 and/or cancer core length of ≥ 4 mm), mpMRI definition 2 (lesion volume of ≥ 0.2 ml and/or Gleason score of ≥ 3 + 4) and cut-off point 2 (likely to be benign) and detects 95% (95% CI 92% to 98%) of CS cancers. The main drivers of cost-effectiveness were the unit costs of tests, the improvement in sensitivity of MRI-guided TRUS-guided biopsy compared with blind TRUS-guided biopsy and the longer-term costs and outcomes of men with cancer. LIMITATIONS The PROstate Magnetic resonance Imaging Study (PROMIS) was carried out in a selected group and excluded men with a prostate volume of > 100 ml, who are less likely to have cancer. The limitations in the economic modelling arise from the limited evidence on the long-term outcomes of men with prostate cancer and on the sensitivity of MRI-targeted repeat biopsy. CONCLUSIONS Incorporating mpMRI into the diagnostic pathway as an initial test prior to prostate biopsy may (1) reduce the proportion of men having unnecessary biopsies, (2) improve the detection of CS prostate cancer and (3) increase the cost-effectiveness of the prostate cancer diagnostic and therapeutic pathway. The PROMIS data set will be used for future research; this is likely to include modelling prognostic factors for CS cancer, optimising MRI scan sequencing and biomarker or translational research analyses using the blood and urine samples collected. Better-quality evidence on long-term outcomes in prostate cancer under the various management strategies is required to better assess cost-effectiveness. The value-of-information analysis should be developed further to assess new research to commission. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN16082556 and NCT01292291. FUNDING This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 22, No. 39. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information. This project was also supported and partially funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University College London (UCL) Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and UCL and by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research Biomedical Research Centre and was co-ordinated by the Medical Research Council's Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (grant code MC_UU_12023/28). It was sponsored by UCL. Funding for the additional collection of blood and urine samples for translational research was provided by Prostate Cancer UK.
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- Louise Clare Brown
- Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Hull York Medical School and Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
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- Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Academic Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
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- Department of Urology, Whittington Hospital, London, UK
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- Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Choi YH, Yu JW, Jeong BC, Seo SI, Jeon SS, Lee HM, Jeon HG. Histological characteristics of the largest and secondary tumors in radical prostatectomy specimens and implications for focal therapy. Diagn Pathol 2019; 14:2. [PMID: 30636627 PMCID: PMC6330453 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-019-0782-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Pathological features of prostate cancer in Korean men were analyzed to determine whether identification of tumor volume, Gleason score (GS), focality, and location using radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens can provide useful information for the application of focal therapy (hemiablation). Methods From January 2016 to December 2017, 913 patients who underwent RP at a single center were selected for analysis. Patients with prostate-specific antigen levels > 15 ng/mL or those who had received hormone therapy prior to surgery were excluded. Preoperative data and the number, volume, location, and GS of each tumor were recorded. Results Overall, 762 RP specimens were examined, and 1448 tumors were identified. The majority of the cases were multifocal (60.5%) and bilateral (82%) in nature. Among the 686 secondary tumors, 250 (36.4%) had a GS ≥7 and 122 (17.8%) had a tumor volume ≥ 0.5 mL. Among the 435 bilateral multifocal cases, secondary tumors on the lobes contralateral to the largest tumor were significant by volume (≥0.5 mL) in 91 (20.9%) cases and by grade (GS ≥7) in 179 (41.1%) cases. There were 102 (23.4%) tumors with a small tumor volume (< 0.5 mL) and Gleason pattern 4 on the lobe contralateral to the largest tumor. Conclusions Bilateral and multifocal tumors are a common feature and secondary tumors frequently exhibit clinically significant prostate cancer on RP specimens in Korea. In many cases, secondary tumors on the lobe contralateral to the largest tumor had a high GS and small tumor volume.
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- Young Hyo Choi
- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
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Choi YH, Yu JW, Kang MY, Sung HH, Jeong BC, Seo SI, Jeon SS, Lee HM, Jeon HG. Combination of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies is not enough for identifying patients eligible for hemiablative focal therapy for prostate cancer. World J Urol 2019; 37:2129-2135. [DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-02617-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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van der Poel HG, van den Bergh RCN, Briers E, Cornford P, Govorov A, Henry AM, Lam TB, Mason MD, Rouvière O, De Santis M, Willemse PPM, van Poppel H, Mottet N. Focal Therapy in Primary Localised Prostate Cancer: The European Association of Urology Position in 2018. Eur Urol 2018; 74:84-91. [PMID: 29373215 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Radical treatment of localised prostate cancer is recognised to be an unnecessary intervention or overtreatment in many men. Consequently, there has been a rapid uptake in the use of focal ablative therapies. However, there are several biological and practical concerns about such approaches as they have yet to be proved as robust treatment options. In particular, the multifocal nature of prostate cancer argues against unifocal treatment, while limitations in imaging can preclude the accurate identification of the number, location, and extent of prostate cancer foci. To date, a number of ablative options have reported results on mainly low-risk disease. Most series are relatively immature, with a lack of consistent follow-up, and the morbidity of retreatment is often not considered. The authors consider focal therapy to be an investigational modality, and encourage prospective recording of outcomes and recruitment of suitable patients. PATIENT SUMMARY Focal therapy of prostate cancer is the targeted destruction of cancer within a specific part of the prostate gland, sparing the rest of the prostate and nearby tissue. This procedure could potentially reduce side effects when compared with established standard treatments, such as surgery or radiotherapy, which treat the entire prostate. Studies show that for most men with low-risk cancer, active surveillance is the preferred treatment option. However, the available data regarding all forms of focal therapy are still poor and inconclusive. Consequently, due to both the lack of clear results associated with focal therapy and the difficulties in detecting all cancerous areas of the prostate, focal therapy should be considered an investigational modality only.
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- Henk G van der Poel
- Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Urology, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia
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- Leeds Cancer Centre, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Division of Cancer & Genetics, School of Medicine Cardiff University, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Radiology Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France
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- Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, UK; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital, St. Etienne, France
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Segaran SV, Emara AM, Mahesan T, Silverman J, Ahmed HU, Bott SRJ, Hindley RG. The ability of free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen density to detect clinically significant prostate cancer in men undergoing transperineal template biopsy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL UROLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/2051415817730494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the ratio of free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen density to predict the presence of clinically significant prostate cancer on template biopsies. The value of these tests may be underestimated as they were previously validated against sextant transrectal biopsy of the prostate, which has been proved to miss a large proportion of significant prostate cancers. The ability of these tests to specifically detect clinically significant cancers has not previously been studied. Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of patients undergoing transperineal template biopsy who also had free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen density. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis was performed to determine the comparative utility of each test in the detection of all cancers as well as clinically significant cancers, by means of the area under the curve. Results: Data from 293 patients were analysed. Prostate cancer was detected in 72% of patients, of which 62% of this group had clinically significant disease. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis demonstrated the superiority of prostate-specific antigen density and free to total prostate-specific antigen over standard prostate-specific antigen in the overall detection of cancer (area under the curve 0.662 and 0.674 vs 0.534, p=0.003 and 0.02 respectively). Both tests were even more effective in the detection of clinically significant cancers (area under the curve 0.755 and 0.715 vs 0.572, p<0.0001 and 0.009 respectively). Conclusion: The free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen density both appear to perform well at detecting clinically significant prostate cancer in our population of men undergoing template biopsy. The potential role of these inexpensive tests should not be overlooked as they may be of value when deciding which patients require biopsy following an initial magnetic resonance imaging scan and also for those on surveillance protocols.
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- Urology Department, North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
- Urology Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt
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Hindley R, Mistry K, Ahmed H. The PROMIS of a New Diagnostic Pathway for Men with Suspected Prostate Cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2017; 29:397-400. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The 3DBiopsy Prostate Biopsy System: Preclinical Investigation of a Needle, Actuator, and Specimen Collection Device Allowing Sampling of Individualized Prostate Lengths Between 20 and 60 mm. Urology 2017; 107:257-261. [PMID: 28601561 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2017.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To increase the likelihood of detecting anterior cancers within the prostate and provide a specimen that spans the length of the gland. Newly designed 17- and 15-gauge (G) biopsy needles, a variable actuator, and an integrated pathology system intended for the longer cores were developed and tested for this purpose. MATERIALS AND METHODS Testing was performed comparing 2 common cannula tip grinds, a Vet-point (sharp tip) and a Menghini-point (atraumatic tip), and were tested against 18-G Bard Monopty in porcine kidney. A variable actuator was developed to fire the needle 20-60 mm and tested in cadaver prostates. RESULTS The aggregate firings for 3 different shot lengths comparing the Vet- with the Menghini-tip cannulas demonstrated 91% vs 85.2% fill (length of specimen/length of core bed, P = .007). A 15-G trocar needle with the Vet-tip cannula also had the best performance, with an aggregate standard deviation of 6.4% across 3 firing ranges and a minimum to maximum specimen length of 81%-105% of potential fill. Cadaver testing with the Vet-tip needles in the actuator for the transrectal (17-G) and transperineal (15-G) biopsies demonstrated mean fills of 93.3% and 76.5%, respectively. The new transrectal ultrasound needle obtained a 2-fold increase in specimen length over the standard Bard device (P <.001). CONCLUSION Longer and consistent cores were obtained using the new biopsy needles. Combined with an adjustable actuator, the physician can obtain specimens that include peripheral and anterior zone tissue in 1 core. Determination of cancer location on the longer specimens could enhance focal therapy planning.
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Drost FJH, Roobol MJ, Nieboer D, Bangma CH, Steyerberg EW, Hunink MGM, Schoots IG. MRI pathway and TRUS-guided biopsy for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer. Hippokratia 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd012663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Frank-Jan H Drost
- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; 's-Gravendijkwal 230 Room NA-1710, P.O. Box 2040 Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands 3015 CE
- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Urology; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Urology; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Public Health; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Urology; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Public Health; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; 's-Gravendijkwal 230 Room NA-1710, P.O. Box 2040 Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands 3015 CE
- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Epidemiology; PO Box 2040 Rotterdam Netherlands 3000 CA
- Harvard T.H. School of Public Health, Harvard University; Center for Health Decision Science; Boston USA
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- Erasmus University Medical Center; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; 's-Gravendijkwal 230 Room NA-1710, P.O. Box 2040 Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands 3015 CE
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Simmons LAM, Kanthabalan A, Arya M, Briggs T, Barratt D, Charman SC, Freeman A, Gelister J, Hawkes D, Hu Y, Jameson C, McCartan N, Moore CM, Punwani S, Ramachandran N, van der Meulen J, Emberton M, Ahmed HU. The PICTURE study: diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric MRI in men requiring a repeat prostate biopsy. Br J Cancer 2017; 116:1159-1165. [PMID: 28350785 PMCID: PMC5418442 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Transrectal prostate biopsy has limited diagnostic accuracy. Prostate Imaging Compared to Transperineal Ultrasound-guided biopsy for significant prostate cancer Risk Evaluation (PICTURE) was a paired-cohort confirmatory study designed to assess diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in men requiring a repeat biopsy. METHODS All underwent 3 T mpMRI and transperineal template prostate mapping biopsies (TTPM biopsies). Multiparametric MRI was reported using Likert scores and radiologists were blinded to initial biopsies. Men were blinded to mpMRI results. Clinically significant prostate cancer was defined as Gleason ⩾4+3 and/or cancer core length ⩾6 mm. RESULTS Two hundred and forty-nine had both tests with mean (s.d.) age was 62 (7) years, median (IQR) PSA 6.8 ng ml (4.98-9.50), median (IQR) number of previous biopsies 1 (1-2) and mean (s.d.) gland size 37 ml (15.5). On TTPM biopsies, 103 (41%) had clinically significant prostate cancer. Two hundred and fourteen (86%) had a positive prostate mpMRI using Likert score ⩾3; sensitivity was 97.1% (95% confidence interval (CI): 92-99), specificity 21.9% (15.5-29.5), negative predictive value (NPV) 91.4% (76.9-98.1) and positive predictive value (PPV) 46.7% (35.2-47.8). One hundred and twenty-nine (51.8%) had a positive mpMRI using Likert score ⩾4; sensitivity was 80.6% (71.6-87.7), specificity 68.5% (60.3-75.9), NPV 83.3% (75.4-89.5) and PPV 64.3% (55.4-72.6). CONCLUSIONS In men advised to have a repeat prostate biopsy, prostate mpMRI could be used to safely avoid a repeat biopsy with high sensitivity for clinically significant cancers. However, such a strategy can miss some significant cancers and overdiagnose insignificant cancers depending on the mpMRI score threshold used to define which men should be biopsied.
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- Lucy A M Simmons
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Urology, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust London, UK
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- Department of Urology, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 21 University Street, London WC1E 7PN, UK
- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Urology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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Langley SEM, Uribe J, Challacombe BJ, Bott SRJ. A practical approach to investigating a man with a raised prostate-specific antigen in the modern era. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL UROLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/2051415816654596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Urologists in the UK are encouraged to follow the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for patient management. In 2014, members of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) were asked in a survey what diagnostic pathway they would follow for themselves or their relatives if they had a raised prostate-specific antigen (PSA). It was found that only a quarter would follow NICE guidance. The current recommendations rely on pathological assessment of prostate tissue obtained at a transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy. Increasing evidence indicates that pre-biopsy multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) coupled with targeted biopsy approaches outperform random biopsies in the detection of clinically significant disease. Herein we discuss the role of magnetic resonance imaging and targeted biopsy approaches to diagnose prostate cancer in the modern era.
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- SEM Langley
- St Luke’s Cancer Centre, The Royal Surrey County Hospital National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, UK
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- St Luke’s Cancer Centre, The Royal Surrey County Hospital National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, UK
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Sahu M, Wijesekera N, Donohue JF. Anterior prostate cancer: Current perspectives and diagnostic dilemmas. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL UROLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/2051415816655724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Anterior zone (transition zone and anterior horn of peripheral zone) tumours represent 20–30% of all prostate cancers. Traditional transrectal prostate biopsies fail to sample this area of the prostate gland adequately, thereby underestimating the true extent of anterior zone cancers. This article outlines the behaviour and significance of this entity and discusses investigations that are currently available which may aid in their detection. The implementation of transperineal template-guided prostate biopsies will allow optimal sampling of the anterior zone whilst advances in the field of magnetic resonance imaging allow the use of multiple sequences (T2-weighted, spectroscopy, diffusion weighted and dynamic contrast enhancement) to identify these tumours accurately. Such investigations will result in more accurate risk stratification compared with the current diagnostic pathway, and could lead to improved management in this subset of men.
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- Mahua Sahu
- Department of Urology, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Urology, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital, UK
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Predictors of prostate cancer in ultrasound-guided transperineal saturation biopsy in Turkish men with multiple prior negative biopsies. Urologia 2016; 83:71-6. [PMID: 26743593 DOI: 10.5301/uro.5000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transperineal prostate biopsy (STPB) is associated with an improved cancer detection rate and an increase in anterior and apical prostate cancers compared to standard transrectal biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 48 men with at least two sets of prior prostate biopsies underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided STPB. Prostate rebiopsy indications were serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels greater than 2.5 ng/mL and/or abnormal digital rectal examination and/or presence of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN; ≥2 cores) or atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP) at previous biopsies. The procedure was performed at dorsal lithotomy position under general anesthesia using a perineal 0.5 cm brachytherapy template attached to the transrectal ultrasound probe. Specimens from each zone were sent separately for pathological examination. RESULTS Mean PSA level at STPB was 15.9 ng/mL (range 4.03 to 59.57). An average of 54.5 cores was obtained. Prostate adenocarcinoma was detected in 15 of 48 (31%) patients. Mean percentage of malignant cores was 11.9%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age and presence of ASAP or HGPIN at previous biopsies were independent predictors of prostate cancer (p<0.05). No major complications, including sepsis and severe urinary or rectal bleeding, were observed in any of the patients. Five patients (10%) developed acute urinary retention after the procedure requiring urethral catheterization. CONCLUSIONS Considerable number of patients with negative multiple biopsies were diagnosed with prostate cancer. STPB is a well-tolerated procedure with minimal morbidity, which can be considered for the diagnosis of prostate cancer in patients with previous negative biopsies.
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Poor standard mp-MRI and routine biopsy fail to precisely predict intraprostatic tumor localization. World J Urol 2016; 34:1383-8. [PMID: 26906031 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-016-1776-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the localization accuracy of routinely performed preoperative multiparametric MRI (mp-MRI), not being assessed according to PI-RADS criteria. METHODS One hundred and six patients underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy (January 2011-June 2012) with preoperative MRI. Intraprostatic tumor localization suggested by mp-MRI was correlated to both biopsy and histopathology results. RESULTS Sensitivity and specificity were as low as 25-62 and 60-94 %, respectively. Neither higher field force nor the use of an endorectal coil could enhance accuracy. There was no statistically significant concordance in any sextant. The mean number of correctly identified sextants was between 3.11 and 4.00 and, thus, insignificantly above the value of 3 that one would obtain by tossing the coin. For transrectal biopsies, sensitivity and specificity of tumor localization were 52-63 and 46-80 %, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Neither routinely performed "non-PI-RADS" MRI nor transrectal biopsy can accurately localize prostate cancer. Focal therapy concepts rely on a precise intraprostatic tumor detection and therefore inevitably require PI-RADS assessment by radiologists with genitourinary specialization. Regarding patient discomfort and costs, "non-PI-RADS" MRIs of the prostate are not justified.
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Valerio M, Anele C, Charman SC, van der Meulen J, Freeman A, Jameson C, Singh PB, Emberton M, Ahmed HU. Transperineal template prostate-mapping biopsies: an evaluation of different protocols in the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer. BJU Int 2015; 118:384-90. [PMID: 26332050 DOI: 10.1111/bju.13306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether modified transperineal template prostate-mapping (TTPM) biopsy protocols, altering the template or the biopsy density, have sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) equal to full 5-mm TTPM. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of an institutional registry including treatment-naïve men undergoing 5-mm TTPM biopsy analysed in a 20-zone fashion. The value of three modified strategies was assessed by comparing the information provided by selected zones against full 5-mm TTPM. Strategy 1, did not consider the findings of anterior areas; strategies 2 and 3 simulated a reduced biopsy density by excluding intervening zones. A bootstrapping technique was used to calculate reliable estimates of sensitivity and NPV of these three strategies for the detection of clinically significant disease (maximum cancer core length ≥4 mm and/or Gleason score ≥3 + 4). RESULTS In all, 391 men with a median (interquartile range, IQR) age of 62 (58-67) years were included. The median (IQR) PSA level and PSA density were 6.9 (4.8-10) ng/mL and 0.17 (IQR 0.12-0.25) ng/mL/mL, respectively. A median (IQR) of 6 (2-9) cores out of 48 (33-63) taken per man were positive for prostate cancer. No cancer was detected in 67 men (17%), whilst low-, intermediate- and high-risk disease was identified in 78 (20%), 80 (21%), and 166 (42%), respectively. Strategy 1, 2 and 3 had sensitivities of 78% [95% confidence interval (CI) 73-84%], 85% (95% CI 80-90%) and 84% (95% CI 79-89%), respectively. The NPVs of the three strategies were 73% (95% CI 67-80%), 80% (95% CI 74-86%) and 79% (95% CI 72-84%), respectively. CONCLUSION Altering the template or decreasing sampling density has a substantial negative impact on the ability of TTPM biopsy to exclude clinically significant disease. This should be considered when modified TTPM biopsy strategies are used to select men for tissue-preserving approaches, and when modified TTPM are used to validate new diagnostic tests.
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- Massimo Valerio
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Urology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Kanthabalan A, Shah T, Arya M, Punwani S, Bomanji J, Haroon A, Illing RO, Latifoltojar A, Freeman A, Jameson C, van der Meulen J, Charman S, Emberton M, Ahmed HU. The FORECAST study - Focal recurrent assessment and salvage treatment for radiorecurrent prostate cancer. Contemp Clin Trials 2015; 44:175-186. [PMID: 26184343 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND One-third of men may experience biochemical failure by 8years following radical radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer. Over 90% of men are started on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) which is non-curative and confers systemic side-effects. Focal salvage therapy (FST) limits collateral tissue damage and may improve therapeutic ratios. In order to deliver FST, distant disease must be ruled-out and intra-prostatic disease must be accurately detected, localised and characterised. AIM FORECAST - Focal Recurrent Assessment and Salvage Treatment - is a study designed to evaluate a novel imaging-based diagnostic and therapeutic complex intervention pathway for men who fail radiotherapy. METHODS Men with biochemical failure following radical prostate radiotherapy, prior to salvage therapy will be recruited. They will undergo whole-body multi-parametric MRI (WB-MRI), choline PET/CT, bone-scan and pelvic-mpMRI and then MRI transperineal-targeted biopsies (MRI-TB) and Transperineal Template Prostate Mapping Biopsy (TPM). Those suitable for FST will undergo either high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or cryotherapy. RESULTS Primary outcome measures: a) the accuracy of WB-MRI to detect distant metastatic disease; b) accuracy of prostate mpMRI in local detection of radiorecurrent prostate cancer; c) detection accuracy of MRI-TB; and d) rate of urinary incontinence following FST. CONCLUSION Focal salvage therapy may confer lower rates of morbidity whilst retaining disease control. In order to deliver FST, intra- and extra-prostatic disease must be detected early and localised accurately. Novel diagnostic techniques including WB-MRI and MRI-TB may improve the detection of distant and local disease whilst reducing healthcare burdens compared with current imaging and biopsy strategies.
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- A Kanthabalan
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK
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- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Radiology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, UK
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, University College London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Pathology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Porpiglia F, Russo F, Manfredi M, Mele F, Fiori C, Regge D. Preoperative prostate biopsy and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging: reliability in detecting prostate cancer. Int Braz J Urol 2015; 41:124-33. [PMID: 25928518 PMCID: PMC4752065 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2015.01.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Purpose The aim of the study was to analyse and compare the ability of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp–MRI) and prostate biopsy (PB) to correctly identify tumor foci in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PCa). Materials and Methods 157 patients with clinically localised PCa with a PSA <10 ng/mL and a negative DRE diagnosed on the first (12 samples, Group A) or second (18 samples, Group B) PB were enrolled at our institution. All patients underwent mp-MRI with T2-weighted images, diffusion-weighted imaging, dynamic contrast enhanced-MRI prior to RP. A map of comparison describing each positive biopsy sample was created for each patient, with each tumor focus shown on the MRI and each lesion present on the definitive histological examination in order to compare tumor detection and location. The sensitivity of mp-MRI and PB for diagnosis was compared using Student’s t-test. The ability of the two exams to detect the prevalence of Gleason pattern 4 in the identified lesions was compared using a chi-square test. Results Overall sensitivity of PB and mp-MRI to identify tumor lesion was 59.4% and 78.9%, respectively (p<0.0001). PB missed 144/355 lesions, 59 of which (16.6%) were significant. mp-MRI missed 75/355 lesions, 12 of which (3.4%) were significant. No lesions with a GS≥8 were missed. Sensitivity of PB and mp-MRI to detect the prevalence of Gleason pattern 4 was 88.2% and 97.4%, respectively. Conclusions mp-MRI seems to identify more tumor lesions than PB and to provide more information concerning tumor characteristics.
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- Francesco Porpiglia
- Division of Urology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Radiology Unit Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Urology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Urology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Urology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Radiology Unit Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Turin, Italy
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Tran M, Thompson J, Böhm M, Pulbrook M, Moses D, Shnier R, Brenner P, Delprado W, Haynes AM, Savdie R, Stricker PD. Combination of multiparametric MRI and transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate to identify candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy. BJU Int 2015; 117:48-54. [PMID: 25682968 DOI: 10.1111/bju.13090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Minh Tran
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of Sydney; Sydney NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Sydney NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Spectrum Medical Imaging; Randwick NSW Australia
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- Southern Radiology; Randwick NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Sydney NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Sydney NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Sydney NSW Australia
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El-Shater Bosaily A, Parker C, Brown LC, Gabe R, Hindley RG, Kaplan R, Emberton M, Ahmed HU. PROMIS--Prostate MR imaging study: A paired validating cohort study evaluating the role of multi-parametric MRI in men with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer. Contemp Clin Trials 2015; 42:26-40. [PMID: 25749312 PMCID: PMC4460714 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 02/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies are prone to detection errors. Multi-parametric MRI (MP-MRI) may improve the diagnostic pathway. METHODS PROMIS is a prospective validating paired-cohort study that meets criteria for level 1 evidence in diagnostic test evaluation. PROMIS will investigate whether multi-parametric (MP)-MRI can discriminate between men with and without clinically-significant prostate cancer who are at risk prior to first biopsy. Up to 714 men will have MP-MRI (index), 10-12 core TRUS-biopsy (standard) and 5mm transperineal template mapping (TPM) biopsies (reference). The conduct and reporting of each test will be blinded to the others. RESULTS PROMIS will measure and compare sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of both MP-MRI and TRUS-biopsy against TPM biopsies. The MP-MRI results will be used to determine the proportion of men who could safely avoid biopsy without compromising detection of clinically-significant cancers. For the primary outcome, significant cancer on TPM is defined as Gleason grade >/= 4+3 and/or maximum cancer core length of ≥ 6 mm. PROMIS will also assess inter-observer variability among radiologists among other secondary outcomes. Cost-effectiveness of MP-MRI prior to biopsy will also be evaluated. CONCLUSIONS PROMIS will determine whether MP-MRI of the prostate prior to first biopsy improves the detection accuracy of clinically-significant cancer.
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- A El-Shater Bosaily
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Academic Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK; Department of Urology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
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da Silva RD, Fernando J. Focal Cryotherapy in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: Are We Treating the Cancer or the Mind? - The Cancer. Int Braz J Urol 2015; 41:5-9. [PMID: 25928504 PMCID: PMC4752050 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2015.01.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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- Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, UC Denver. Denver CO, USA
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Sivaraman A, Sanchez-Salas R, Barret E, Ahallal Y, Rozet F, Galiano M, Prapotnich D, Cathelineau X. Transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate. Int J Urol 2014; 22:146-51. [PMID: 25421717 DOI: 10.1111/iju.12660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer has eluded clinicians for decades. With our current understanding of prostate cancer, urologists should devise and confidently present the available treatment options – active surveillance/radical treatment/focal therapy to these patients. The diagnostic modalities used for prostate cancer have the dual problem of false negativity and overdiagnosis. Various modifications in the prostate biopsy techniques have increased the accuracy of cancer detection, but we are still far from an ideal diagnostic technique. Transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate is an exhaustive biopsy technique that has been improvised over the past decade, and has shown superior results to other available modalities. We have carried out a PubMed search on the available experiences on this diagnostic modality, and along with our own experiences, we present a brief review on transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate.
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- Arjun Sivaraman
- Department of Urology, Institute Mutualiste Monsouris, Paris, France
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Miano R, De Nunzio C, Kim FJ, Rocco B, Gontero P, Vicentini C, Micali S, Oderda M, Masciovecchio S, Asimakopoulos AD. Transperineal versus transrectal prostate biopsy for predicting the final laterality of prostate cancer: are they reliable enough to select patients for focal therapy? Results from a multicenter international study. Int Braz J Urol 2014; 40:16-22. [PMID: 24642146 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2014.01.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To compare the concordance of prostate cancer (PCa) laterality between the extended transperineal (TP) or transrectal (TR) prostate biopsy (BP) and radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens. To identify predictors of laterality agreement between BP and RP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from 533 consecutive patients with PCa (278 TP and 255 TR-diagnosed) treated with RP were analyzed. A 12-core technique was used for both TP and TR biopsies. Additional cores were obtained when necessary. RESULTS Overall, the percentage of agreement of PCa laterality between BP and RP was 60% (K = 0.27, p < 0.001). However, the RP confirmation of unilaterality at BP was obtained in just 33% of the cases. Considering the concordance on bilaterality as the ″target″ of our analysis, the sensitivity and specificity were 54.3% and 98.2% , respectively, with TP and 47.5% and 92.5%, respectively with TR. Focusing on patients with unilaterality at biopsy, none of the evaluated preoperative variables (biopsy technique, age, total positive biopsy cores, PSA, prostate volume, Gleason score on biopsy) were able to predict RP bilaterality in the multivariate analyses. CONCLUSIONS Most of the patients with unilateral involvement at BP harbored bilateral PCa after RP. TR and TP biopsy showed no difference in their capacity to predict the concordance of tumor laterality at RP. None of the preoperative evaluated variables can predict the tumor laterality at RP. Using BP unilaterality to include patients in focal therapy (FT) protocols may hinder the oncologic efficacy of FT.
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- R Miano
- Division of Urology, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Centre, Denver, CO, USA
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- Clinica Urologica I, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology-1, A.O.U. San Giovanni Battista, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Ospedale Civile G.Mazzini, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- DDivision of Urology, Ospedale Civile G.Mazzini, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Ospedale Civile G.Mazzini, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Division of Urology, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Adamczyk P, Tworkiewicz J, Drewa T. Radical prostatectomy specimens - a voice against focal therapy. Cent European J Urol 2014; 67:235-41. [PMID: 25247079 PMCID: PMC4165678 DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2014.03.art5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Introduction The main treatment methods of prostate carcinoma are surgery and radiation therapy, both having serious side effects. Because of these side effects, the idea of organ preserving therapy emerged. Rationale to perform focal therapy is to preserve the prostate gland, along with potency and continence, offering good cancer control with appropriate treatment. The idea of gland sparing therapy is quite controversial. Presently, EAU Guidelines propose focal therapy as experimental in the treatment of prostate carcinoma. Material and methods The aim of the study was to asses how many patients could be qualified for focal therapy, according to post prostatectomy pathological findings. 720 patients suspected of prostate cancer were biopsied. In 324 patients, prostate carcinoma was revealed, of which 81 were subjected to radical prostatectomy. Pre and post–operative pathological results were analyzed, according to possible qualification for focal treatment. Results According to the clinical evaluation of all the patients referred to the treatment, 25% could be assumed to have unifocal disease and could be qualified to the focal treatment. Post–operative evaluation revealed pT2b cancer in 5%, pT2c disease in 65%, and pT3a–pT4a disease in 20% of these patients. Cancer was unilateral (pT2a–b) in only 15% of cases, and was suitable for focal treatment (small disease not extending to whole lobe– pT2a disease) in only 10%. Conclusions It seems that with the use of current methods, proper T–staging of the disease and amount of neoplasmatic tissue inside the gland can not be reached with great certainty. In our opinion, focal therapy should not be used in patients with ≤pT2b and high risk disease. For them, radical treatment (surgery or radiation therapy) should be recommended. For the rest of the patients, with low risk disease, keeping in mind the large scale of possible overtreatment, active surveillance is a valid treatment option. Focal therapy can be an interesting therapeutic proposition for a small group of patients with pT2a cancer, but it is not possible to select them with big certainty with current methods of imaging medicine.
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- Przemysław Adamczyk
- Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital in Toruń, Department of General and Oncologic Urology, Toruń, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital in Toruń, Department of General and Oncologic Urology, Toruń, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital in Toruń, Department of General and Oncologic Urology, Toruń, Poland ; Regenerative Medicine Engineering Department, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Abd-Alazeez M, Ahmed HU, Arya M, Allen C, Dikaios N, Freeman A, Emberton M, Kirkham A. Can multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging predict upgrading of transrectal ultrasound biopsy results at more definitive histology? Urol Oncol 2014; 32:741-7. [PMID: 24981993 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2013] [Revised: 01/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) has a role in reducing the uncertainty in risk stratification by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy, using histology at transperineal template-guided prostate mapping (TPM) biopsy as the reference test. MATERIALS AND METHODS Overall, 194 patients underwent TRUS biopsy, who were followed up in less than 18 months by means of (a) mp-MRI with pelvic phased array using T2-weighted, diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences and (b) TPM biopsy. Of those patients, low risk on TRUS biopsy was defined in 4 different ways--(a) definition 1: Gleason 3+3 (any cancer core length) (n = 137), (b) definition 2: maximum cancer core length (MCCL)<50% (any Gleason score) (n = 62), (c) definition 3: Gleason 3+3 and MCCL<50% (n = 52), and (d) definition 4: Gleason 3+3, MCCL<50%, prostate-specific antigen level<10 ng/ml, and<50% positive cores (n = 28). Mp-MRI was scored for the likelihood of cancer from 1 (cancer very unlikely) to 5 (cancer very likely). Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between MRI scores and TPM histology. RESULTS Median prostate-specific antigen level was 7 ng/ml (range: 0.9-29), median time between TRUS biopsy and mp-MRI was 120 days (range: 41-480), and median time between mp-MRI and TPM biopsy was 60 days (range: 1-420). A median of 48 cores (range: 20-118) were taken at TPM biopsy. Gleason score was upgraded in 62 of 137 (45%) patients at TPM biopsy. The negative predictive values of mp-MRI score 1 to 2 for predicting that cancer remained low risk (according to each definition) were 75%, 100%, 83%, and 100% for definitions 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. An mp-MRI score of 4 to 5 had positive predictive values for upgrade or upsize of 59%, 67%, 75%, and 69% for definitions 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. CONCLUSION The presence of an mp-MRI lesion in men with low-risk prostate cancer on TRUS biopsy confers, in most patients, a high likelihood that higher-risk disease will be present (either Gleason pattern 4 or a significant cancer burden). Conversely, if a lesion is not seen on mp-MRI, the attribution of low-risk grade or cancer burden is much more likely to be correct. Mp-MRI might therefore be used to triage men for resampling biopsies before entering active surveillance.
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- Mohamed Abd-Alazeez
- Department of Urology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Urology, Faculty of medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Onik G, Barrie K, Miessau M, Bostwick D, Vaughan D, Brady J, Budd W. Long-Term Results of Optimized Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Average 10-Year Follow-Up in 70 Patients. JOURNAL OF MEN'S HEALTH 2014. [DOI: 10.1089/jomh.2014.0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The role of MRI-targeted and confirmatory biopsies for cancer upstaging at selection in patients considered for active surveillance for clinically low-risk prostate cancer. World J Urol 2014; 32:951-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1314-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Comparison of transperineal mapping biopsy results with whole-mount radical prostatectomy pathology in patients with localized prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer 2014; 2014:781438. [PMID: 24900923 PMCID: PMC4037573 DOI: 10.1155/2014/781438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective. We sought to evaluate the accuracy of transperineal mapping biopsy (TMB) by comparing it to the pathology specimen of patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate cancer. Methods. From March 2007 to September 2009, 78 men at a single center underwent TMB; 17 of 78 subsequently underwent RP. TMB cores were grouped into four quadrants and matched to data from RP whole-mount slides. Gleason score, tumor location and volume, cross-sectional area, and maximal diameter were measured; sensitivity and specificity were assessed. Results. For the 17 patients who underwent RP, TMB revealed 12 (71%) had biopsy Gleason grades ≥ 3 + 4 and 13 (76%) had bilateral disease. RP specimens showed 14 (82%) had Gleason scores ≥ 3 + 4 and 13 (76%) had bilateral disease. Sensitivity and specificity of TMB for prostate cancer detection were 86% (95% confidence interval [CI] 72%-94%) and 83% (95% CI 62%-95%), respectively. Four quadrants negative for cancer on TMB were positive on prostatectomy, and six positive on TMB were negative on prostatectomy. Conclusion. TMB is a highly invasive procedure that can accurately detect and localize prostate cancer. These findings help establish baseline performance characteristics for TMB and its utility for organ-sparing strategies.
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Valerio M, Emberton M, Arya M, Ahmed HU. Novel Therapies for Localized Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118347379.ch10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Simmons LAM, Ahmed HU, Moore CM, Punwani S, Freeman A, Hu Y, Barratt D, Charman SC, Van der Meulen J, Emberton M. The PICTURE study -- prostate imaging (multi-parametric MRI and Prostate HistoScanning™) compared to transperineal ultrasound guided biopsy for significant prostate cancer risk evaluation. Contemp Clin Trials 2013; 37:69-83. [PMID: 24291455 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The primary objective of the PICTURE study is to assess the negative predictive value of multi-parametric MRI (mp-MRI) and Prostate HistoScanning™ (PHS) in ruling-out clinically significant prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS PICTURE is a prospective diagnostic validating cohort study conforming to level 1 evidence. PICTURE will assess the diagnostic performance of multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mp-MRI) and Prostate HistoScanning™ (PHS) ultrasound. PICTURE will involve validating both index tests against a reference test, transperineal Template Prostate Mapping (TPM) biopsies, which can be applied in all men under evaluation. Men will be blinded to the index test results and both index tests will be reported prospectively prior to the biopsies being taken to ensure reporter blinding. Paired analysis of each of the index tests to the reference test will be done at patient level. Those men with an imaging lesion will undergo targeted biopsies to assess the clinical utility of sampling only suspicious areas. The study is powered to assess the negative predictive value of these imaging modalities in ruling-out clinically significant prostate cancer. DISCUSSION The PICTURE study aims to assess the performance characteristics of two imaging modalities (mp-MRI and Prostate HistoScanning) for their utility in the prostate cancer pathway. PICTURE aims to identify if either imaging test may be useful for ruling out clinically significant disease in men under investigation, and also to examine if either imaging modality is useful for the detection of disease. Recruitment is underway and expected to complete in 2014.
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- Lucy A M Simmons
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK.
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University College London Hospitals, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University College London Hospitals, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, University College London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Computing, University College London, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK
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Role of focal salvage ablative therapy in localised radiorecurrent prostate cancer. World J Urol 2013; 31:1361-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00345-013-1100-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Transperineal prostate biopsy is re-emerging after decades of being an underused alternative to transrectal biopsy guided by transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS). Factors driving this change include possible improved cancer detection rates, improved sampling of the anteroapical regions of the prostate, a reduced risk of false negative results and a reduced risk of underestimating disease volume and grade. The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance and patients with diabetes mellitus who are at high risk of sepsis also favours transperineal biopsy as a sterile alternative to standard TRUS-guided biopsy. Factors limiting its use include increased time, training and financial constraints as well as the need for high-grade anaesthesia. Furthermore, the necessary equipment for transperineal biopsy is not widely available. However, the expansion of transperineal biopsy has been propagated by the increase in multiparametric MRI-guided biopsies, which often use the transperineal approach. Used with MRI imaging, transperineal biopsy has led to improvements in cancer detection rates, more-accurate grading of cancer severity and reduced risk of diagnosing clinically insignificant disease. Targeted biopsy under MRI guidance can reduce the number of cores required, reducing the risk of complications from needle biopsy.
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Arumainayagam N, Ahmed HU, Moore CM, Freeman A, Allen C, Sohaib SA, Kirkham A, van der Meulen J, Emberton M. Multiparametric MR imaging for detection of clinically significant prostate cancer: a validation cohort study with transperineal template prostate mapping as the reference standard. Radiology 2013; 268:761-9. [PMID: 23564713 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13120641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic performance of multiparametric (MP) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for prostate cancer detection by using transperineal template prostate mapping (TTPM) biopsies as the reference standard and to determine the potential ability of MP MR imaging to identify clinically significant prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional review board exemption was granted by the local research ethics committee for this retrospective study. Included were 64 men (mean age, 62 years [range, 40-76]; mean prostate-specific antigen, 8.2 ng/mL [8.2 μg/L] [range, 2.1-43 ng/mL]), 51 with biopsy-proved cancer and 13 suspected of having clinically significant cancer that was biopsy negative or without prior biopsy. MP MR imaging included T2-weighted, dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted imaging (1.5 T, pelvic phased-array coil). Three radiologists independently reviewed images and were blinded to results of biopsy. Two-by-two tables were derived by using sectors of analysis of four quadrants, two lobes, and one whole prostate. Primary target definition for clinically significant disease necessary to be present within a sector of analysis on TTPM for that sector to be deemed positive was set at Gleason score of 3+4 or more and/or cancer core length involvement of 4 mm or more. Sensitivity, negative predictive value, and negative likelihood ratio were calculated to determine ability of MP MR imaging to rule out cancer. Specificity, positive predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, accuracy (overall fraction correct), and area under receiver operating characteristic curves were also calculated. RESULTS Twenty-eight percent (71 of 256) of sectors had clinically significant cancer by primary endpoint definition. For primary endpoint definition (≥ 4 mm and/or Gleason score ≥ 3+4), sensitivity, negative predictive value, and negative likelihood ratios were 58%-73%, 84%-89%, and 0.3-0.5, respectively. Specificity, positive predictive value, and positive likelihood ratios were 71%-84%, 49%-63%, and 2.-3.44, respectively. Area under the curve values were 0.73-0.84. CONCLUSION Results of this study indicate that MP MR imaging has a high negative predictive value to rule out clinically significant prostate cancer and may potentially have clinical use in diagnostic pathways of men at risk.
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- Nimalan Arumainayagam
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College, Charles Bell House, 67-73 Riding House St, London W1W 7EJ, England
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Crawford ED, Rove KO, Barqawi AB, Maroni PD, Werahera PN, Baer CA, Koul HK, Rove CA, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG. Clinical-pathologic correlation between transperineal mapping biopsies of the prostate and three-dimensional reconstruction of prostatectomy specimens. Prostate 2013; 73:778-87. [PMID: 23169245 PMCID: PMC4625901 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Extended transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies (TRUSB) of the prostate may not accurately convey true morphometric information and Gleason score (GS) of prostate cancer (PCa) and the clinical use of template-guided (5-mm grid) transperineal mapping biopsies (TPMBs) remains controversial. METHODS We correlated the clinical-pathologic results of 1,403 TPMB cores obtained from 25 men diagnosed with PCa with 64 cancer lesions found in their corresponding radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens. Special computer models of three-dimensional, whole-mounted radical prostatectomy (3D-WMRP) specimens were generated and used as gold standard to determine tumor morphometric data. Between-sample rates of upgrade and downgrade (highest GS and a novel cumulative GS) and upstage and downstage (laterality) were determined. Lesions ≥ 0.5 cm(3) or GS ≥ 7 were considered clinically significant. RESULTS From 64 separate 3D-WMRP lesions, 25 had significant volume (mean 1.13 cm(3)) and 39 were insignificant (mean 0.09 cm(3)) (P < 0.0001); 18/64 lesions were missed by TPMB, but only one was clinically significant with GS-8 (0.02 cm(3)). When comparing the cumulative GS of TPMB versus RP, 72% (n = 18) had identical scores, 12% (n = 3) were upgraded, and only 16% (n = 4) were downgraded. Laterality of TPMB and RP was strongly correlated, 80% same laterality, 4% were up-staged, and 16% down-staged. CONCLUSIONS Our clinical-pathology correlation showed very high accuracy of TPMB with a 5-mm grid template to detect clinically significant PCa lesions as compared with 3D-WMRP, providing physicians and patients with a reliable assessment of grade and stage of disease and the opportunity to choose the most appropriate therapeutic options.
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- E. David Crawford
- Division of Urology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Urology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Urology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Urology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Urology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
- Correspondence to: Francisco G. La Rosa, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop 8104, P.O. Box 6511, 12800 East 19th Avenue, Room P18-5124, Aurora, CO 80045-0508.
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Brede CM, Douville NJ, Jones S. Variable correlation of grid coordinates to core location in template prostate biopsy. Curr Urol 2013; 6:194-8. [PMID: 24917742 DOI: 10.1159/000343538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Transperineal template prostate biopsy has been proposed to facilitate systematic biopsy in patients undergoing repeat biopsy who are at high risk for cancer. Advocates tout the reliability of the grid to define biopsy location compared to hand-held transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy. However, accuracy of the biopsy needle depends on bevel position, tissue deformity, and technique. Due to this potential for error, we sought to determine whether the use of transperineal template biopsy would assure reproducibly accurate needle placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS A standard 0.5 cm brachytherapy grid was utilized for transperineal biopsy. A single grid hole was used to obtain biopsies. The bevel of the needle was rotated to a different position with each biopsy, and the angle of the needle was varied to test the ability of the grid to "map" the prostate. RESULTS We observed wide variation of needle location through a single brachytherapy grid hole. We are able to show that at 5 cm depth, an area of 2.47 mm(2) is possible to biopsy and at a depth of 25 cm; approximately 7.56 mm(2) is possible to biopsy. This gives a precision of biopsy of at the most shallow depth 22% and at the deepest 7%. CONCLUSION There is potential for technical and equipment associated error with transperineal template guided prostate biopsy. The grid alone can account for substantial sources of error, so technique remains critical if the grid coordinates are to be used to predict presence or extent of cancer.
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- Christopher M Brede
- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Smith DW, Stoimenova D, Eid K, Barqawi A. The role of targeted focal therapy in the management of low-risk prostate cancer: update on current challenges. Prostate Cancer 2012; 2012:587139. [PMID: 23346405 PMCID: PMC3549346 DOI: 10.1155/2012/587139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among men in the United States, second only to nonmelanomatous skin cancer. Since prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing came into widespread use in the late 1980s, there has been a sharp increase in annual prostate cancer incidence. Cancer-specific mortality, though, is relatively low. The majority of these cancers will not progress to mortal disease, yet most men who are diagnosed opt for treatment as opposed to observation or active surveillance (AS). These men are thus burdened with the morbidities associated with aggressive treatments, commonly incontinence and erectile dysfunction, without receiving a mortality benefit. It is therefore necessary to both continue investigating outcomes associated with AS and to develop less invasive techniques for those who desire treatment but without the significant potential for quality-of-life side effects seen with aggressive modalities. The goals of this paper are to discuss the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment since the advent of PSA screening as well as the potential for targeted focal therapy (TFT) to bridge the gap between AS and definitive therapies. Furthermore, patient selection criteria for TFT, costs, side effects, and brachytherapy template-guided three-dimensional mapping biopsies (3DMB) for tumor localization will also be explored.
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- Daniel W. Smith
- Division of Urology, UC Denver School of Medicine, Academic Office One Building, Room 5602, 12631 East 17th Avenue C-319, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Barret E, Ahallal Y, Sanchez-Salas R, Galiano M, Cosset JM, Validire P, Macek P, Durand M, Prapotnich D, Rozet F, Cathelineau X. Morbidity of focal therapy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Eur Urol 2012; 63:618-22. [PMID: 23265382 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.11.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Focal therapy (FT) for prostate cancer (PCa) seems to be part of a natural evolution in the quest to improve the management of early organ-confined disease. OBJECTIVE To assess the morbidity of the initial experience of FT in a tertiary referral center for PCa management. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS From 2009 to 2011, a total of 1213 patients with clinically localized PCa were treated at our institution. Of these patients, 547 were considered to have indolent disease according to the D'Amico criteria for low-risk disease plus unilateral disease with a maximum of three positive biopsies. A total of 106 patients underwent FT using high-intensity focused ultrasonography (HIFU), brachytherapy, cryotherapy, or vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP). OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Complications were prospectively recorded and graded according to the Clavien-Dindo scale. Data were prospectively collected and retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS This study included 106 patients, median age 66.5 yr (interquartile range [IQR]): 61-73), who had a prostate hemiablation; 50 patients (47%) had cryotherapy, 23 patients (22%) had VTP, 21 patients (20%) received HIFU, and 12 patients (11%) had brachytherapy. The median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was 6.1 ng/ml (IQR: 5-8.1), all the patients had a biopsy Gleason score of 6, and the median prostate weight was 43 g (IQR: 33-55). The median International Prostate Symptom Score was 6 (IQR: 3-10), and the median International Index of Erectile Function score was 20 (IQR: 15-23). After treatment, the median PSA at 3, 6, and 12 mo was 3.1 2.9, and 2.7 ng/ml (IQR: 2-5.1, 1.1-4.7, and 1-4.4), respectively. Thirteen percent of the patients experienced treatment-related complications. There were 11 minor medical complications (10 grade 1 complications and 1 grade 2 complication), 2 grade 3 complications, and no grade 4 or higher complications. CONCLUSIONS FT for a highly selected population with PCa is feasible and had an acceptable morbidity with <2% major complications.
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- Eric Barret
- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
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Lucia MS, Bokhoven AV. Temporal changes in the pathologic assessment of prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2012; 2012:157-61. [PMID: 23271767 PMCID: PMC3540872 DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgs029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Thirty years have witnessed dramatic changes in the manner in which we diagnose and manage prostate cancer. With prostate-specific antigen screening, there was a shift towards smaller, clinically localized tumors. Tumors are often multifocal and display phenotypic and molecular heterogeneity. Pathologic evaluation of tissue obtained by needle biopsy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis and risk assessment of prostate cancer. Years of experience with grading, along with changes in the amount of biopsy tissue obtained and diagnostic tools available, have produced shifts in grading practices among genitourinary pathologists. Trends in Gleason grading and advances in pathological risk assessment are reviewed with particular emphasis on recent Gleason grading modifications of the International Society of Urologic Pathology. Efforts to maximize the amount of information from pathological specimens, whether it be morphometric, histochemical, or molecular, may improve predictive accuracy of prostate biopsies. New diagnostic techniques are needed to optimize management decisions.
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- M Scott Lucia
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, 12801 E. th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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