[Our experience about utility of the prostate mapping (8 + 8 biopsy) in the diagnosis of prostate tumour].

Purpose Of The Work: Can patients derive a real benefit from increasing the number of prostate biopsies as regards Hodge's method (3 biopsies PZ per lobe) or can they only suffer from an eventual increase in complications?

Materials And Methods: From January 1998 to May 2001 we did 324 biopsies sextant with 6 biopsies (3 biopsies PZ per lobe), 146 of which (45%) were positive for tumour. We did the prostate mapping (6 PZ: 1 TZ: 1 AZ per lobe) on 97 patients who kept on having PSA alterations even though they were negative. Of these 97, 10 (10.

[Is it convenient in a screening programme for prostate tumour to do biopsy in people with PSA between 3 and 3.9 ng/ml?].

Purpose Of The Work: Is it convenient to do the prostate biopsy for the patients with PSA between 3 and 3.9 ng/ml?

Materials And Methods: From January 1998 to April 2001 we did 421 transrectal prostate biopsies echoconducted, 84 of which (20%) done on patients with a PSA between 3 and 3.9 ng/ml.