Effect of core needle biopsy number on intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P) diagnosis in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Masashi KatoAkihiro HirakawaYumiko KobayashiAkiyuki YamamotoYushi NaitoKosuke TochigiTomoyasu SanoShohei IshidaYasuhito FunahashiTakashi FujitaYoshihisa MatsukawaRyohei HattoriToyonori TsuzukiPublished in: International journal of clinical oncology (2020)
Given the IDC-P detection and its value as a prognostic marker, we propose the performance of ≥ 10 core biopsy procedures in patients diagnosed with mHSPC to minimize the sampling error of the IDC-P.