Mj. Vanevery et B. Rooney, COMPARISON OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED AND DIGITALLY DIRECTED TRANSRECTAL BIOPSY OF PALPABLE PROSTATE LESIONS, Urology, 42(6), 1993, pp. 677-679
The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of prostate cancer is still ev
olving. We used ultrasound to examine 202 patients with palpably abnor
mal prostates. Of 151 patients undergoing biopsy, ultrasound-guided bi
opsy was comparable to digitally directed biopsies in cancer detection
(92% vs 90.7%). The two methods are complementary and should both be
considered in patients with palpably abnormal prostates.