Cáncer de próstata: rol actual de la ecografía transrectal y biopsia dirigida por ultrasonido / Prostatic cancer: transrectal echography and ultrasound biopsy role

ABSTRACT

The importance of latent carcinoma of the prostate, the significance of the palpable prostatic nodule, the progress and the clinical use of screening for carcinoma of the prostate with prostate specific antigens, the effect of digital rectal examination on prostate specific antigen and the diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma with the use of transrectal ultrasound and sonographycally directed prostatic biopsy are analized by the authors