Authors
Armando Stabile, Paolo Dell’Oglio, Giorgio Gandaglia, Nicola Fossati, Giorgio Brembilla, Giulia Cristel, Federico Dehò, Vincenzo Scattoni, Tommaso Maga, Andrea Losa, Franco Gaboardi, Gianpiero Cardone, Antonio Esposito, Francesco De Cobelli, Alessandro Del Maschio, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti
Publication date
2018/6/1
Journal
European Urology Oncology
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
120-128
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
The extensive use of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has led to an even more widespread use of different targeted biopsy techniques and approaches. The best way of performing targeted biopsies and the effect of operator expertise have still to be defined.
Objective
To compare the rate of detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) of different mpMRI targeted approaches and to assess the role of operator expertise in the detection of csPCa.
Design, setting, and participants
We included 244 consecutive patients who underwent both 12-core transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy and mpMRI targeted biopsy with either a cognitive biopsy (CB) or fusion biopsy (FB) approach during the same session between 2013 and 2016 at a single tertiary referral centre.
Intervention
All men underwent 1.5-T mpMRI with an endorectal coil. All biopsies were performed by three operators …
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