A Review of Prostate Biopsy Techniques

Imaging of the prostate has improved dramatically over the last few decades and has led to the improved detection, staging, and treatment of prostate cancer. Technologies such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) identify three-dimensional regions of interest (ROI) suspicious for prostate cancer, which can then be targeted for biopsy. This is moving us away from the systematic non-targeted biopsies of the past where the entire prostate is sampled. The implementation of this technology has the potential to more accurately stage prostate cancer at the initial diagnosis, therefore pushing men with clinically significant prostate cancer towards earlier treatment and saving men with clinically insignificant cancer from unnecessary tests and treatment.
Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research