ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Presti discussed that the adequacy of the initial biopsy must be assessed. One must examine how many cores were taken on the first biopsy. whether it was only 6 cores, there was a 40% chance of finding cancer on the second biopsy as compared to 24% when an extended pattern was initially performed. Prostate volume was plus fundamental: there was an inverse trend amidst size and detection. PSA indices are useful on repeat biopsy. Free/total PSA outperforms other indices such as PSAD-TZ or PSAD. PSA kinetics has not been shown to be too useful in detection on repeat prostate biopsy.

PCA3 has preliminary details that propose that it may be useful, but needs validation in a larger cohort. Multifocal high-grade PIN is more useful than unifocal PIN and 50% of men with ASAP on initial biopsy are found to have cancer. that is most commonly in the same region of the prostate. A saturation biopsy results in a 34% detection rate according to a report from the Mayo clinic, he said. Site specific strange detection rate with a prior sextant biopsy shows that there is different detection in 7% in the apex, nearly 15% in the lateral base and 8% in the lateral mid-gland and 4% in the anterior cores. whether an extended biopsy was initially performed, next the major yield is in the apex. that

high yield is due to the apex being all peripheral zone tissue. Thus, in a repeat biopsy in a man with an initial sextant biopsy, the apex and lateral prostate should be focused on but whether an extended pattern was initially done, next the apex is the highest yield.

Presented by Joseph Presti, Jr., MD, at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological organization (AUA) - May 17 - 22, 2008. Orange County Convention Center - Orlando, Florida, USA.

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