AUA 2017: Utility of Multi-Parametric MRI/Ultrasound Fusion: Cognitive not Inferior to Targeted Software-Based Prostate Biopsies
This topic is important for dissemination of the technology to none tertiary care centers. One limitation may be for small lesions artifact from the cognitive biopsy may have limited the fusion biopsy detection. However, this study may be able to make an impact for community urology and advance the biopsies offered to patients. Dissemination of the technology will also improve patient access and decrease biopsy waiting times. Using data from this study highlights the importance of getting an MRI itself rather than the computer platform which provides the targets for the biopsies.
Presented by Dr. William Chu, MD from City of Hope, Durate, CA
Written By: Janet Baack Kukreja (@janetkukreja), MD, MPH, Urologic Oncology Fellow, Department of Urology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Ashish M. Kamat, MD, MBBS, FACS, Wayne B. Duddlesten Professor, Department of Urology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
at the 2017 AUA Annual Meeting - May 12 - 16, 2017 – Boston, Massachusetts, USA