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Combining MRI With Prostate Ultrasound Biopsy Bests Biopsy Alone
Combining MRI With Prostate Ultrasound Biopsy Bests Biopsy Alone
P Wendling
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2011 Dec 13
Elsevier Global Medical News
Combining MRI With Prostate Ultrasound Biopsy Bests Biopsy Alone
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Dec 13, P Wendling
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Fusing MRI with real-time, three-dimensional ultrasound allows for more targeted prostate biopsies and finds additional cancers, compared with standard systematic biopsies."This may lead to fewer total biopsies, improved yield and improved confidence for active surveillance," Dr. Daniel J.A. Margolis said at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.Direct MRI-guided biopsy is not universally available, leaving most centers to use two-dimensional ultrasound...