Risk of upgrading from prostate biopsy to radical prostatectomy pathology: Is magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsy more accurate?

Conclusions: MRI-GB may enhance the diagnostic accuracy of prostate cancer detection in final histopathology with lower rate of upgraded GS than TRUS-GB. Also, PV < 30 ml and biopsy modality were independent predictors of upgraded GS.

Source: Journal of Cancer - December 14, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ning Xu, Yu-Peng Wu, Xiao-Dong Li, Min-Yi Lin, Qing-Shui Zheng, Shao-Hao Chen, Jun-Feng Li, Yong Wei, Xue-Yi Xue Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research