Table 1. Cancer detection rates by number of prostate biopsy cores.
| Cancer Detection Rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. prostate biopsy cores | 6 | 10-12 | 18 | 20-21 | 24 |
| Study | |||||
| Eskew et al[9] | 26.1% | 40.3%* | |||
| Naughton et al[10] | 26% | 27% | |||
| Presti et al[11] | 33.5% | 39.7% | |||
| Babaian et al[12] | 20% | 30% | |||
| Elabbady et al[13] | 24.8% | 36.4% | |||
| Gore et al[14] | 31% | 43% | |||
| Philip et al[15] | 23% | 32% | |||
| Shim et al[16] | 22% | 28% | |||
| Scattoni et al[17] | 38.5% | 39.9% | |||
| De La Taille et al[18] | 22.7% | 28.3% | 30.7% | 31.3% | |
| Pepe et al[19] | 39.8% | 39.8% | 49.0%** | ||
| Jones et al[20] | 52% | 45% | |||
| Guichard et al[21] | 38.7% | 41.5% | 42.5% | ||
| Ploussard et al[22] | 32.5% | 40.4% | 43.3% | ||
*
13 core extended biopsy strategy
**
29 core saturation biopsy strategy
Adapted from Bjurlin MA, Wysock JS, Taneja SS. Optimization of Prostate Biopsy: Review of Technique and Complications. Urologic Clinics of North America. In Press. [23]