The diagnostic and staging performance of mpMRI/US guided fusion prostate biopsy: prospective analysis on 41 consecutive whole mount radical prostatectomy specimens
Objective
The ultimate assessment of MRI/US diagnostic and staging performance requires a meticulous comparison of biopsy and whole mount radical prostatectomy specimens. In this study we assessed the diagnostic and staging performance of mpMRI/US fusion prostate biopsy comparing core biopsy findings with whole mount radical prostatectomy specimens in 41 consecutive patients treated in a single centre series.
Materials and Methods
Baseline, clinical and pathologic data of 41 consecutive patients with prostate cancer diagnosis at mp-MRI/US guided “fusion” biopsy who underwent minimally invasive radical prostatectomy and whole mount sections of pathologic specimens were prospectively collected.
All fusion biopsies were performed using the UroStation™ (Koelis, France) with an end-fire 3D TRUS transducer.
Diagnostic performance of MRI-US fusion biopsy was evaluated at different levels: 1. core biopsy correspondence with pathologic findings of whole mount sections; 2. Correct identification of the index lesion; 3. Gleason score upgrading at final pathology; 4. presence of extraprostatic extension and of nodal involvement.
Results
Out of 107 cases with positive fusion US/MRI guided prostate biopsy performed, fifty-nine patients underwent minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. Forty-one specimens were analyzed using whole mount sections. Clinical and pathologic data of this cohort are reported into Table 1.
Out of 41 patients, 25 (60.1%) had a clinically significant PCa not identified by MRI/US guided fusion biopsy. At a per core analysis 150/701 (21.4%) cores were positive for GS>6 out of the suspicious ROI at MRI.
The mean ratio of tumor foci/suspicious ROI was 0.56 ± 0.27.
The index lesion was correctly identified by mpMRI-US fusion biopsy in 63.4% (26/41) of the patients.
Gleason score of fusion US-MRI guided prostate biopsy was upgraded at final pathologic report in 9 (21.9%) cases.
The staging accuracy in predicting tumor side, extraprostatic extension and nodal involvement was 75.6% (31/41), 70.3 % (29/41) and 90.2% (37/41), respectively.
Conclusion
mpMRI and Fusion US/MRI guided prostate biopsy provided a reliable diagnostic and staging performance for patients receiving a surgical treament. Systematic core biopsy seems still to have a clinical role in detecting clinically significant PCa otherwise missed by MRI.
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