MRI and MRI-targeted biopsy take precedence over systematic biopsy in primary prostate cancer diagnosis

Ivo G Schoots^{1

2}, Olivier Rouvière^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Urinary and Vascular Imaging, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
⁴ Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.

Comment

Ivo G Schoots et al. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;24(3):116-117.

doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111081. Epub 2018 Oct 24.

Ivo G Schoots^{1

2}, Olivier Rouvière^{3

4}

¹ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Urinary and Vascular Imaging, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
⁴ Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: diagnostic radiology; genitourinary imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; prostate disease; urological tumours.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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