Prostatitis and Its Management by Tommaso Cai & Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen

Author:Tommaso Cai & Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

In the recent few years, MRI has also been introduced to rule out prostate cancer. Although the negative predictive value of MRI in elite centers is high, there is not yet enough data to support the widespread use of MRI as a screening tool [6].

9.4.4 Reducing the Number of Cores

While MRI may not do away with the need for prostate biopsies altogether, it may reduce the number of cores taken per biopsy procedure by facilitating targeted prostate biopsies and reduce the need for repeat biopsies. Unfortunately, there is still no evidence that this will reduce the number of infective complications, but this is definitely an important research question. Before we can study this, we need better knowledge about the negative predictive value of MRI.

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