Active Surveillance Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (ASIST): Results of a Randomized Multicenter Prospective Trial

ConclusionsThe addition of MRI with targeted biopsies to systematic biopsies did not significantly increase the upgrading rate compared with systematic biopsy alone. Furthermore, 2-core targeted biopsies alone resulted in a nonsignificant trend to less upgrading than 12-core systematic biopsy (p = 0.09). In men on active surveillance, targeted biopsies identify most, but not all, clinically significant cancers.
Source: European Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research