Diagnostic performance of Micro-Ultrasound at MRI-guided confirmatory biopsy in patients under active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer.
Davide MaffeiVittorio FasuloPier Paolo AvolioCesare SaittaMarco PaciottiFabio De CarnePiergiuseppe ColomboLuisa PasiniSilvia Zandegiacomo De ZorziAlberto SaitaRodolfo HurleMassimo LazzeriGiorgio Ferruccio GuazzoniPaolo CasaleNicolò Maria BuffiGiovanni LughezzaniPublished in: The Prostate (2023)
MicroUS and mpMRI represent valuable imaging modalities showing high sensitivity and NPV in detecting csPCa, thus allowing their use for event-triggered confirmatory biopsies in AS patients. MicroUS offers an alternative imaging modality to mpMRI for the identification and real-time targeting of suspicious lesions in AS patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.