Are systematic prostate biopsy still necessary in biopsy naive men?
Matthew Vinh-Hoan Dinh ChauMitchell BarnsOwain BarrattKara McDermottMelvyn KuanPatrick TelokenPublished in: Irish journal of medical science (2024)
In patients with PI-RADS 3 and higher, the target biopsy can miss up to 9% of clinically significant cancer. Systematic cores can add value as they can also change management by identifying a high-risk disease where only intermediate cancer was identified in the target. A combination of targeted and systematic cores is still required to detect cancer.