Presti Joseph C
Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA.
Rev Urol. 2007 Summer;9(3):93-8.
The technique of prostate biopsy has evolved over the past 10 years to improve our ability to detect prostate cancer. Extended biopsy schemes can be performed in the office under local anesthesia and are well tolerated. In addition to detection, the role of extended biopsy schemes in refining tumor grading and risk assessment has become better defined. This review discusses the evolution of prostate biopsy techniques from the sextant scheme to the extended scheme and demonstrates the latter's utility in clinical decision making.
在过去十年中，前列腺活检技术不断发展，以提高我们检测前列腺癌的能力。扩展活检方案可在门诊局部麻醉下进行，患者耐受性良好。除了检测外，扩展活检方案在细化肿瘤分级和风险评估方面的作用也得到了更明确的界定。本文综述了前列腺活检技术从六分区方案到扩展方案的演变，并展示了扩展方案在临床决策中的实用性。
