Active surveillance inclusion criteria under scrutiny in magnetic resonance imaging-guided prostate biopsy: a multicenter cohort study.
Kira KornienkoFabian SiegelAngelika BorkowetzManuela Andrea HoffmannMartin DrerupVerena LiebJohannes BruendlThomas HöfnerHannes CashJost von HardenbergNiklas Westhoffnull nullPublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2021)
Only a moderate number of patients with PCa can be monitored by AS to defer active treatment using current guidelines for inclusion in a real-world setting. By an additional MRI-TB, this number is markedly reduced. These results underline the need for a contemporary adjustment of AS inclusion criteria.