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SUBMITTER: Padhani AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677282 | biostudies-other | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Padhani Anwar R AR Barentsz Jelle J Villeirs Geert G Rosenkrantz Andrew B AB Margolis Daniel J DJ Turkbey Baris B Thoeny Harriet C HC Cornud François F Haider Masoom A MA Macura Katarzyna J KJ Tempany Clare M CM Verma Sadhna S Weinreb Jeffrey C JC
Radiology 20190611 2
High-quality evidence shows that MRI in biopsy-naive men can reduce the number of men who need prostate biopsy and can reduce the number of diagnoses of clinically insignificant cancers that are unlikely to cause harm. In men with prior negative biopsy results who remain under persistent suspicion, MRI improves the detection and localization of life-threatening prostate cancer with greater clinical utility than the current standard of care, systematic transrectal US-guided biopsy. Systematic ana ...[more]