Login / Signup

Prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) is of additional predictive value in patients with PI-RADS grade III (intermediate) lesions in the MR-guided re-biopsy setting for prostate cancer.

S KaufmannJens BedkeS GatidisJ HennenlotterU KramerM NotohamiprodjoK NikolaouA StenzlS Kruck
Published in: World journal of urology (2015)
MpMRI and subsequent grading to PI-RADS significantly improves PC detection in the re-biopsy setting. The diagnostic uncertainty in the PI-RADS intermediate group can be ameliorated by the addition of PCA3 cutoff of 35 to avoid potential unnecessary biopsies.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • genome wide
  • copy number
  • contrast enhanced
  • gene expression
  • computed tomography
  • real time pcr
  • genome wide identification