Optimising the number of cores for magnetic resonance imaging-guided targeted and systematic transperineal prostate biopsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess cancer detection rates of different target-dependent transperineal magnetic resonance (MR)/ultrasonography (US) fusion-guided biopsy templates with reduced number of systematic cores.

Patients and methods

Single-centre outcome of transperineal MR/US fusion-guided biopsies of 487 men with a single target MR imaging (MRI) lesion, prospectively collected between 2012 and 2016. All men underwent transperineal targeted biopsy (TB) with two cores, followed by 18-24 systematic sector biopsies (SB) using the Ginsburg protocol. Gleason score ≥7 prostate cancer detection rates for two-core TB, four-core extended TB (eTB), 10- to 20-core saturation TB (sTB) including cores from sectors adjacent to the target, and 14 core ipsilateral TB (iTB) were compared to combin

SUBMITTER: Hansen NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8641376 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature