TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of localized prostate cancer
T2 - 10 years of progress
AU - Feneley, Mark R.
AU - Partin, Alan W.
PY - 2000/8/2
Y1 - 2000/8/2
N2 - Advances in the diagnosis of early stage disease, and particularly the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, have had a dramatic effect on the presentation and clinical management of prostate cancer during the past ten years. As a result, there have been significant epidemiological changes in countries where early diagnosis is recommended. The importance of PSA testing for the diagnosis of localized prostate cancer has become well established in clinical practice and this is reflected by improved outcomes from definitive treatment. The contribution of PSA-related parameters and molecular forms of PSA both to cancer detection and prediction of pathological stage continue to be explored. Concerns about the reliability of the standard sextant biopsy technique for cancer detection relate to the need for re-biopsy in a growing number of patients with negative biopsies and an increasing proportion of patients with low volume, multifocal disease. In men with cancer, additional prognostic information can be derived from biopsy findings, with important therapeutic implications. This relates also to the need for reliable markers indicating pathological stage and risk of progression. The opportunities for the prevention of prostate cancer have grown with improved understanding of its biology and the genetic basis of the early steps associated with malignant transformation. In the future, the need for therapeutic intervention is likely to be most influenced by successful prevention strategies. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
AB - Advances in the diagnosis of early stage disease, and particularly the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, have had a dramatic effect on the presentation and clinical management of prostate cancer during the past ten years. As a result, there have been significant epidemiological changes in countries where early diagnosis is recommended. The importance of PSA testing for the diagnosis of localized prostate cancer has become well established in clinical practice and this is reflected by improved outcomes from definitive treatment. The contribution of PSA-related parameters and molecular forms of PSA both to cancer detection and prediction of pathological stage continue to be explored. Concerns about the reliability of the standard sextant biopsy technique for cancer detection relate to the need for re-biopsy in a growing number of patients with negative biopsies and an increasing proportion of patients with low volume, multifocal disease. In men with cancer, additional prognostic information can be derived from biopsy findings, with important therapeutic implications. This relates also to the need for reliable markers indicating pathological stage and risk of progression. The opportunities for the prevention of prostate cancer have grown with improved understanding of its biology and the genetic basis of the early steps associated with malignant transformation. In the future, the need for therapeutic intervention is likely to be most influenced by successful prevention strategies. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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U2 - 10.1097/00042307-200007000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00042307-200007000-00006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10918970
AN - SCOPUS:0033910048
VL - 10
SP - 319
EP - 327
JO - Current Opinion in Urology
JF - Current Opinion in Urology
SN - 0963-0643
IS - 4
ER -