BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In our study, pathology specimens from men who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) revealed that 1.4% of the patients were diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) at time of surgery.
This low rate of PCa detection suggests that routine pathologic analysis may be of limited value in these men. We analyzed the pathologic findings of 771 men who underwent TURP from 2006 to 2011. Of these, 760 had benign pathology and 11 (1.4%) had PCa.
Contributing factors to the incidence rate of 1.4% include a higher proportion of these patients had undergone systematic biopsies prior to undergoing TURP. Earlier series may have included fewer cores in their biopsy specimens. It is also possible that the amount of tissue removed for analysis in this series may have potentially resulted in under detection of prostate cancer.
Written by:
Claire Dunphy and Bilal Chughtai as part of Beyond the Abstract on UroToday.com. This initiative offers a method of publishing for the professional urology community. Authors are given an opportunity to expand on the circumstances, limitations etc... of their research by referencing the published abstract.
Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY USA
Incidental prostate cancer in transurethral resection of the prostate specimens in the modern era - Abstract