Auke Jager, Luigi A M J G van Riel, Arnoud W Postema, Theo M de Reijke, Tim M van der Sluis, Jorg R Oddens
{"title":"An optimized prostate biopsy strategy in patients with a unilateral lesion on prostate magnetic resonance imaging avoids unnecessary biopsies.","authors":"Auke Jager, Luigi A M J G van Riel, Arnoud W Postema, Theo M de Reijke, Tim M van der Sluis, Jorg R Oddens","doi":"10.1177/17562872221111410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17562872221111410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted biopsy (TBx) besides systematic prostate biopsies has resulted in a discussion on what the optimal prostate biopsy strategy is. The ideal template has high sensitivity for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), while reducing the detection rate of clinically insignificant prostate cancer (iPCa). This study evaluates different biopsy strategies in patients with a unilateral prostate MRI lesion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective subgroup analysis of a prospectively managed database consisting of patients undergoing prostate biopsy in two academic centres. Patients with a unilateral lesion (PI-RADS ⩾ 3) on MRI were included for analysis. The primary objective was to evaluate the diagnostic performance for different biopsy approaches compared with bilateral systematic prostate biopsy (SBx) and TBx. Detection rates for csPCa (ISUP ⩾ 2), adjusted csPCa (ISUP ⩾ 3) and iPCa (ISUP = 1) were determined for SBx alone, TBx alone, contralateral SBx combined with TBx and ipsilateral SBx combined with TBx. A subgroup analysis was performed for biopsy-naive patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 228 patients were included from October 2015 to September 2021. Prostate cancer (PCa) detection rate of combined SBx and TBx was 63.5% for csPCa, 35.5% for adjusted csPCa, and 14% for iPCa. The best performing alternative biopsy strategy was TBx and ipsilateral SBx, which reached a sensitivity of 98.6% (95% CI: 95.1-99.6) for csPCa and 98.8% (95% CI: 96.3-99.9) for adjusted csPCa, missing only 1.4% of csPCa, while reducing iPCa detection by 15.6% compared with SBx and TBx. TBx or SBx alone missed a significant amount of csPCa, with sensitivities of 90.3% (95% CI: 84.4-94.2) and 86.8% (95% CI: 80.4-91.4) for csPCa. Subgroup analysis on biopsy-naive patients showed similar results as the overall group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study shows that performing TBx with ipsilateral SBx and omitting contralateral SBx is the optimal biopsy strategy in patients with a unilateral MRI lesion. With this strategy, a very limited amount of csPCa is missed and iPCa detection is reduced.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/69/2b/10.1177_17562872221111410.PMC9340407.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40669715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging fusion biopsy in active surveillance of prostate cancer: a systematic review.","authors":"Elizabeth E Ellis, Thomas P Frye","doi":"10.1177/17562872221106883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17562872221106883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Our goal is to review current literature regarding the role of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in the active surveillance (AS) of prostate cancer (PCa) and identify trends in rate of reclassification of risk category, performance of fusion biopsy (FB) <i>versus</i> systematic biopsy (SB), and progression-free survival.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a comprehensive literature search in PubMed and identified 121 articles. A narrative summary was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-two articles were chosen to be featured in this review. SB and FB are complementary in detecting higher-grade disease in follow-up. While FB was more likely than SB to detect clinically significant disease, FB missed 6.4-11% of clinically significant disease. Imaging factors that predicted upgrading include number of lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), lesion density, and MRI suspicion level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Incorporating mpMRI FB in conjunction with SB should be part of contemporary AS protocols. mpMRI should additionally be used routinely for follow-up; however, mpMRI is not currently sensitive enough in detecting disease progression to replace biopsy in the surveillance protocol.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ca/17/10.1177_17562872221106883.PMC9297445.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40618923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace Lee, Hiren V Patel, Arnav Srivastava, Saum Ghodoussipour
{"title":"Updates on enhanced recovery after surgery for radical cystectomy.","authors":"Grace Lee, Hiren V Patel, Arnav Srivastava, Saum Ghodoussipour","doi":"10.1177/17562872221109022","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17562872221109022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal pathway that provides evidence-based guidance for improving perioperative care and outcomes in patients undergoing surgery. In 2013, the ERAS society released its original guidelines for radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BC), adopting much of its supporting data from colorectal literature. In the last decade, growing interest in ERAS has increased RC-specific ERAS research, including prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Collective data suggest ERAS contributes to improved complication rates, decreased hospital length-of-stay, and/or time to bowel recovery. Various institutions have adopted modified versions of the ERAS pathway, yet there remains a lack of consensus on the efficacy of specific ERAS items and standardization of the protocol. In this review, we summarize updated evidence and practice patterns of ERAS pathways for RC since the introduction of the original 2013 guidelines. Novel target interventions, including use of immunonutrition, prehabilitation, alvimopan, and methods of local analgesia are reviewed. Finally, we discuss barriers to implementing and future steps in advancing the ERAS movement.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/75/dd/10.1177_17562872221109022.PMC9280843.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40512617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matteo Ferro, Ottavio de Cobelli, Gennaro Musi, Francesco Del Giudice, Giuseppe Carrieri, Gian Maria Busetto, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Alessandro Sciarra, Martina Maggi, Felice Crocetto, Biagio Barone, Vincenzo Francesco Caputo, Michele Marchioni, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Ciro Imbimbo, Francesco Alessandro Mistretta, Stefano Luzzago, Mihai Dorin Vartolomei, Luigi Cormio, Riccardo Autorino, Octavian Sabin Tătaru
{"title":"Radiomics in prostate cancer: an up-to-date review.","authors":"Matteo Ferro, Ottavio de Cobelli, Gennaro Musi, Francesco Del Giudice, Giuseppe Carrieri, Gian Maria Busetto, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Alessandro Sciarra, Martina Maggi, Felice Crocetto, Biagio Barone, Vincenzo Francesco Caputo, Michele Marchioni, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Ciro Imbimbo, Francesco Alessandro Mistretta, Stefano Luzzago, Mihai Dorin Vartolomei, Luigi Cormio, Riccardo Autorino, Octavian Sabin Tătaru","doi":"10.1177/17562872221109020","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17562872221109020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common worldwide diagnosed malignancy in male population. The diagnosis, the identification of aggressive disease, and the post-treatment follow-up needs a more comprehensive and holistic approach. Radiomics is the extraction and interpretation of images phenotypes in a quantitative manner. Radiomics may give an advantage through advancements in imaging modalities and through the potential power of artificial intelligence techniques by translating those features into clinical outcome prediction. This article gives an overview on the current evidence of methodology and reviews the available literature on radiomics in PCa patients, highlighting its potential for personalized treatment and future applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/17/1d/10.1177_17562872221109020.PMC9260602.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40593391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abhinav Sidana, Fernando Blank, Hannah Wang, Nilesh Patil, Arvin K George, Hasan Abbas
{"title":"Schema and cancer detection rates for transperineal prostate biopsy templates: a review.","authors":"Abhinav Sidana, Fernando Blank, Hannah Wang, Nilesh Patil, Arvin K George, Hasan Abbas","doi":"10.1177/17562872221105019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17562872221105019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common noncutaneous malignancy in men and is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in men in the United States. Current practice requires histopathological confirmation of cancer achieved through biopsy for diagnosis. The transrectal approach for prostate biopsy has been the standard for several decades. However, the risks and limitations of transrectal biopsies have led to a recent resurgence of transperineal prostatic biopsies. Recent studies have demonstrated the transperineal approach for prostate biopsies to be effective, associated with minimal complications and superior in several aspects to traditional transrectal biopsies. While sextant and extended sextant templates are widely accepted templates for transrectal biopsy, there are a diverse set of transperineal biopsy templates available for use, without consensus on the optimal sampling strategy. We aim to critically appraise the salient features of established transperineal biopsy templates.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/56/3a/10.1177_17562872221105019.PMC9243579.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40467876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ankit Desai, Musaab Yassin, Axel Cayetano, Tharu Tharakan, Channa N Jayasena, Suks Minhas
{"title":"Understanding and managing the suppression of spermatogenesis caused by testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS).","authors":"Ankit Desai, Musaab Yassin, Axel Cayetano, Tharu Tharakan, Channa N Jayasena, Suks Minhas","doi":"10.1177/17562872221105017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17562872221105017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) has increased over the last 20 years, coinciding with an increase in men presenting with infertility and hypogonadism. Both agents have a detrimental effect on spermatogenesis and pose a clinical challenge in the setting of hypogonadism and infertility. Adding to this challenge is the paucity of data describing recovery of spermatogenesis on stopping such agents. The unwanted systemic side effects of these agents have driven the development of novel agents such as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). Data showing natural recovery of spermatogenesis following cessation of TRT are limited to observational studies. Largely, these have shown spontaneous recovery of spermatogenesis after cessation. Contemporary literature suggests the time frame for this recovery is highly variable and dependent on several factors including baseline testicular function, duration of drug use and age at cessation. In some men, drug cessation alone may not achieve spontaneous recovery, necessitating hormonal stimulation with selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs)/gonadotropin therapy or even the need for assisted reproductive techniques. However, there are limited prospective randomized data on the role of hormonal stimulation in this clinical setting. The use of hormonal stimulation with agents such as gonadotropins, SERMs, aromatase inhibitors and assisted reproductive techniques should form part of the counselling process in this cohort of hypogonadal infertile men. Moreover, counselling men regarding the detrimental effects of TRT/AAS on fertility is very important, as is the need for robust randomized studies assessing the long-term effects of novel agents such as SARMs and the true efficacy of gonadotropins in promoting recovery of spermatogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6e/e2/10.1177_17562872221105017.PMC9243576.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40467877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel J Galgano, Janelle T West, Soroush Rais-Bahrami
{"title":"Role of molecular imaging in the detection of localized prostate cancer.","authors":"Samuel J Galgano, Janelle T West, Soroush Rais-Bahrami","doi":"10.1177/17562872221105018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17562872221105018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Molecular imaging of prostate cancer continues to grow, with recent inclusion of several positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers into the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines and the US Food and Drug Administration approval of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radiotracers. While much of the work for many of these radiotracers is focused on systemic staging and restaging in both newly diagnosed high-risk prostate cancer and biochemically recurrent disease patients, the potential role of molecular imaging for the detection of localized prostate cancer has not yet been fully established. The primary aim of this article will be to present the potential role for molecular imaging in the detection of localized prostate cancer and discuss potential advantages and disadvantages to utilization of both PET/computed tomography (CT) and PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for this clinical indication of use.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/98/3e/10.1177_17562872221105018.PMC9218890.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40400541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomarkers for prostate cancer detection and risk stratification.","authors":"Mark W Farha, Simpa S Salami","doi":"10.1177/17562872221103988","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17562872221103988","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, most patients do not die from the disease. Prostate specific antigen (PSA), the most widely used oncologic biomarker, has revolutionized screening and early detection, resulting in reduced proportion of patients presenting with advanced disease. However, given the inherent limitations of PSA, additional diagnostic and prognostic tools are needed to facilitate early detection and accurate risk stratification of disease. Serum, urine, and tissue-based biomarkers are increasingly being incorporated into the clinical care paradigm, but there is still a limited understanding of how to use them most effectively. In the current article, we review test characteristics and clinical performance data for both serum [4 K score, prostate health index (phi)] and urine [SelectMDx, ExoDx Prostate Intelliscore, MyProstateScore (MPS), and PCa antigen 3 (PCA3)] biomarkers to aid decisions regarding initial or repeat biopsies as well as tissue-based biomarkers (Confirm MDx, Decipher, Oncotype Dx, and Polaris) aimed at risk stratifying patients and identifying those patients most likely to benefit from treatment <i>versus</i> surveillance or monotherapy <i>versus</i> multi-modal therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9f/16/10.1177_17562872221103988.PMC9201356.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40000063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob W Greenberg, Christopher R Koller, Crystal Casado, Benjamin L Triche, L Spencer Krane
{"title":"A narrative review of biparametric MRI (bpMRI) implementation on screening, detection, and the overall accuracy for prostate cancer.","authors":"Jacob W Greenberg, Christopher R Koller, Crystal Casado, Benjamin L Triche, L Spencer Krane","doi":"10.1177/17562872221096377","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17562872221096377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in American men following skin cancer, with approximately one in eight men being diagnosed during their lifetime. Over the past several decades, the treatment of prostate cancer has evolved rapidly, so too has screening. Since the mid-2010s, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided biopsies or 'targeted biopsies' has been a rapidly growing topic of clinical research within the field of urologic oncology. The aim of this publication is to provide a review of biparametric MRI (bpMRI) utilization for the diagnosis of prostate cancer and a comparison to multiparametric MRI (mpMRI). Through single-centered studies and meta-analysis across all identified pertinent published literature, bpMRI is an effective tool for the screening and diagnosis of prostate cancer. When compared with the diagnostic accuracy of mpMRI, bpMRI identifies prostate cancer at comparable rates. In addition, when omitting dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) protocol to the MRI, patients incur reduced costs and shorter imaging time while providers can offer more tests to their patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9073105/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48172560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carolina D'Elia, Emanuela Trenti, Philipp Krause, Alexander Pycha, Christine Mian, Christine Schwienbacher, Esther Hanspeter, Mona Kafka, Margherita Palermo, Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato, Stefanie Holl, Armin Pycha
{"title":"Xpert® bladder cancer detection as a diagnostic tool in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: preliminary results.","authors":"Carolina D'Elia, Emanuela Trenti, Philipp Krause, Alexander Pycha, Christine Mian, Christine Schwienbacher, Esther Hanspeter, Mona Kafka, Margherita Palermo, Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato, Stefanie Holl, Armin Pycha","doi":"10.1177/17562872221090320","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17562872221090320","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) represents about 5-10% of all urothelial malignancies with an increasing incidence. The standard diagnostic tools for the detection of UTUC are cytology, computed tomography (CT) urography, and ureterorenoscopy (URS). No biomarker to be included in the daily clinical practice has yet been identified. The aim of our study was to evaluate the potential role of Xpert® Bladder-Cancer (BC)-Detection in the diagnosis of UTUC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighty-two patients underwent 111 URS with Xpert® BC-Detection, cytology, or Urovysion® analysis of UT for suspicion of UTUC. Twenty-four cases were excluded from the analysis due to a non-diagnostic Xpert® BC-Detection, cytology, or Urovysion®. Samples were analyzed with upper tract (UT) urinary cytology, with Xpert® BC-Detection on UT urines, and with Urovysion® Fluorescence <i>in situ</i> hybridization (FISH) test. After urine collection, the patients underwent retrograde pyelography and/or URS, and if positive a UT biopsy. The Xpert® BC-Detection was reported by the software as negative or positive [cut-off total Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) = 0.45]. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of cytology, Xpert® BC-Detection and Urovysion-FISH were calculated using URS and/or histology results as reference.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all, 27 (31%) of 87 URS resulted positive, with 20 low-grade (LG) and 7 high-grade (HG) tumors. Overall sensitivity was 51.9% for cytology, 100% for Xpert® BC-Detection, and 92.6% for Urovysion. The sensitivity of cytology increased from 26% in LG to 100% in HG tumors. For Xpert® BC-Detection, sensitivity was 100% both in LG and in HG, and for Urovysion-FISH, it increased from 90% in LG to 100% in HG tumors. PPV was 82.4% for cytology, 35% for Xpert® BC-Detection, and 73.5% for Urovysion. NPV was 81.4% for cytology, 100% for Xpert® BC-Detection, and 96.2% for Urovysion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The excellent NPV of Xpert® BC-Detection allows to avoid unnecessary endoscopic exploration of the UT, reducing invasiveness and URS complications in the follow-up of UTUC.</p>","PeriodicalId":23010,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Advances in Urology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9016582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43250285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}