Clinical Features

CPD: Prostate Cancer

Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging targeted biopsy techniques compared to transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate.

CPD Prostate Cancer

Multiparametric MRI localizes cancer in the prostate, therefore allowing for MRI guided biopsy (MRIGB) 43 alongside transrectal ultrasound-guided systematic biopsy (TRUS-GB). Three MRIGB approaches exist; visual estimation (COG-TB); fusion software-assisted (FUS-TB) and lastly MRI ‘in-bore’ biopsy (IB-TB). Although it is unknown whether any of these are superior.

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