Diagnostic value of systematic prostate biopsy methods in the investigation for prostate cancer: a systematic review
Eichler K, Wilby J, Hempel S, Myers L, Kleijnen J
Record Status
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.
Citation
Eichler K, Wilby J, Hempel S, Myers L, Kleijnen J. Diagnostic value of systematic prostate biopsy methods in the investigation for prostate cancer: a systematic review. University of York. CRD Report 29. 2005
Authors' objectives
The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of systematic prostate biopsy schemes in men scheduled for biopsy due to suspected prostate cancer.
Authors' conclusions
Schemes, which apply additional laterally directed cores, showed a higher cancer yield. It still has to be demonstrated that extended biopsy schemes with a higher cancer yield do lead to a survival benefit due to early cancer detection.