Avoiding unnecessary biopsy: the combination of PRIMARY score with prostate-specific antigen density for prostate biopsy decision.

Shikuan GuoJingliang ZhangYingmei WangJianhua JiaoZeyu LiChaochao CuiJian ChenWenhui YangShuaijun MaPeng WuYuming JingWeihong WenFei KangJing WangWeijun Qin

Published in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2023)

The combination of PRIMARY score +PSAD allows individualized decisions to avoid unnecessary biopsy, outperforming the strategies of PI-RADS + PSAD. Further prospective trials are needed to validate these findings.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
prostate cancer