In a trial of men who volunteered for PSA screening, detection of clinically insignificant tumors and benign findings were reduced when prostate biopsy was performed only in those with positive MRI results.
Study findings lend support to using mpMRI for prostate cancer detection.
Model combining measurement of EN2 protein marker and levels of 10 genes in urine could reduce unnecessary biopsies
Compared with no ureteroscopy or percutaneous biopsy, ureteroscopic biopsy in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma was significantly associated with a 40% increased risk for intravesical recurrence of disease.
Less than 1% of patients who underwent the procedure under local analgesia and without antibiotic prophylaxis experienced post-biopsy infection, a study found.
Based on new findings from a study of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, investigators suggest revising current guidelines to expand kidney biopsy indications to include isolated proteinuria of any grade.
Gleason grade, prostate-specific antigen velocity, and imaging markers predict cancer spread.
In a study of patients undergoing transperineal prostate biopsy, the detection rate of clinically significant prostate cancer did not differ significantly between targeted biopsy (TB) with fewer systematic biopsy (SB) cores and TB with SB of the whole prostate.
Increased age was significantly associated with increased odds of a decline in Sexual Health Inventory for Men category, a study found.
Although infection rates following prostate biopsy have stabilized, the rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for post-biopsy infections are increasing, a study found.
