Longer biopsy cores do not increase prostate cancer detection rate: A large-scale cohort study refuting cut-off values indicated in the literature

YILMAZ H., Yavuz U., Ustuer M., Ciftci S., Yasar H., Muezzinoglu B., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.43, no.3, pp.297-302, 2017 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tud.2017.03743
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.297-302
  • Keywords: Core length, prostate biopsy, prostate cancer, prostate volume, transrectal ultrasound, SEXTANT BIOPSY, LENGTH, SIZE, GUIDELINES, STRATEGY, VOLUME
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Only a few papers in the literature aimed to evaluate biopsy core lengths. Additionally, studies evaluated the core length with different approaches. We aimed to determine whether prostate cancer (PCa) detection is affected from core lengths according to three different approaches in a large standard cohort and compare our cut-off values with the published cut-offs.