Ipsilateral hemigland prostate biopsy may underestimate cancer burden in patients with unilateral mpMRI-visible lesions.
Tim E PhelpsEnis C YilmazStephanie A HarmonMason J BelueJoanna H ShihCharisse GarciaLindsey A HazenAntoun ToubajiMaria J MerinoSandeep GurramPeter L ChoykeBradford J WoodPeter A PintoIsmail Baris TurkbeyPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
Reduced-core prostate biopsy strategies confined to the ipsilateral hemigland underestimate csPCa burden by at least 8% in patients with unilateral mpMRI-visible intraprostatic lesions. The combined TBx + SBx strategy maximizes csPCa detection.