Another “strike” against saturation biopsies?
March 22nd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancerA recent objective of s study at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, was to investigate the potential of saturation biopsy as a method to identify patients who were suitable candidates for focal therapy. And it is likely that the advocates for focal therapy willl repond to these data by saying that the investigators didn’t take enough biopsy cores.
The authors concluded that, “A negative saturation needle biopsies does not confirm the absence of cancer in the corresponding side of the gland and cannot be used as single determinant when considering a patient for focal treatment.”