MRI-Targeted or Standard Biopsy for Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis

2018 New England Journal of Medicine 2,813 citations

Abstract

The use of risk assessment with MRI before biopsy and MRI-targeted biopsy was superior to standard transrectal ultrasonography-guided biopsy in men at clinical risk for prostate cancer who had not undergone biopsy previously. (Funded by the National Institute for Health Research and the European Association of Urology Research Foundation; PRECISION ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02380027 .).

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BiopsyMedicineProstate cancerTransrectal ultrasonographyProstate biopsyRadiologyCancerProstateMagnetic resonance imagingConfidence intervalInternal medicine

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Year
2018
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Volume
378
Issue
19
Pages
1767-1777
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Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Antti Rannikko, Marcelo Borghi et al. (2018). MRI-Targeted or Standard Biopsy for Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis. New England Journal of Medicine , 378 (19) , 1767-1777. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1801993

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10.1056/nejmoa1801993