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Review
. 2025 Jan;50(1):261-271.
doi: 10.1007/s00261-024-04452-z. Epub 2024 Jul 8.

Targeted biopsy of the prostate

David W Schroeder  1 , Bryan R Foster  1 , Daniel J Young  1 , Fergus V Coakley  2
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Review

Targeted biopsy of the prostate

David W Schroeder et al. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Diagnostic multiparametric MRI of the prostate has steadily evolved over the last three decades and can now reliably depict the dominant tumor in most men with prostate cancer. In response, several methods of targeted biopsy to direct tissue sampling of suspected tumor foci seen at multiparametric MRI have been developed and successfully tested in recent years, including software-assisted MRI-ultrasound (US) fusion biopsy and direct MRI-guided in-bore biopsy. These advances are leading to a sea change in the approach to prostate cancer diagnosis, with the traditional approach of blind systematic biopsy increasingly being replaced by MRI directed targeted biopsy. This review aims to describe the current status of targeted biopsy, with an emphasis on the relative accuracy of different techniques. The results of several critical large multicenter trials are presented, while unanswered questions that require more research are highlighted.

Keywords: Biopsy; Cancer; MRI; Prostate; Transrectal ultrasound.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: Founder and shareholder in and consultant to OmnEcoil Instruments, Inc.

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