MRI-guided in-bore biopsy of the prostate - defining the optimal number of cores needed.
Moritz GrossEdith EisenhuberPetra AssingerRaphael SchimaMartin SusaniStefan DoblhammerWolfgang SchimaPublished in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2024)
We found that obtaining five cores per lesion maximized detection rates. If, however, future research should establish a clear link between the incidence of serious complications and the number of biopsy cores obtained, a three-core biopsy might suffice as our results suggest that about 95% of all csPCa are detected by the first three cores.