Primary magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasonography fusion‐guided biopsy of the prostate

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 122; no. 2; pp. 211 - 218
• Main Authors: Maxeiner, Andreas, Kittner, Beatrice, Blobel, Conrad, Wiemer, Laura, Hofbauer, Sebastian L., Fischer, Thomas, Asbach, Patrick, Haas, Matthias, Penzkofer, Tobias, Fuller, Florian, Miller, Kurt, Cash, Hannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Biopsy; biopsy‐naïve men; Early Detection of Cancer; Humans; Image-Guided Biopsy - methods; Image-Guided Biopsy - standards; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional - standards; Male; Middle Aged; multiparametric MRI; Neoplasm Grading; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Patients; PCSM; primary MRI/US fusion‐guided targeted biopsy; Prospective Studies; Prostate - pathology; Prostate cancer; ProstateCancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional - standards; Ultrasound; United States > US; multiparametric MRI; PCSM; ProstateCancer; biopsy-naïve men; primary MRI/US fusion-guided targeted biopsy

Objective To examine the performance of a primary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/ultrasonography (US) fusion‐guided targeted biopsy (TB), and in combination with an added systematic biopsy (SB). Patients and Methods Analysis of 318 consecutive biopsy‐naïve men with suspicious multiparametric MRI (...