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ED After TRUS Biopsy of the Prostate

Erectile Function and Prostate Cancer - Sperling Prostate Center

Early in 2021, two separate literature reviews were conducted, and both had similar findings. The first included 7 full text articles from which data was assembled and analyzed. Based on standardized erectile function self-report questionnaires, the authors found that... keep reading

Is it Necessary to Add 12-Core TRUS Biopsy on top of Fusion-Targeted Biopsy?

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A guidance system is a virtual or physical device, or a group of devices implementing a controlling the movement of a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or any other moving object. (Wikipedia) When you read the above quote, what comes to mind? For some, “guidance system” suggests their GPS navigation system to get them where keep reading

How Important is an Expert?

The title question is a decoy. Here’s the real issue: How important is your body? The more you value your body’s health, the more it’s worth seeing the best expert available if something goes wrong. It’s like anything you love, appreciate and value. When all is well, we tend to take for granted that matters keep reading

Why Fusion-Guided Biopsies Should Not Be Called “MRI-Guided Biopsies”

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Fusion guided prostate biopsies are the new darling of urologic diagnostic procedures. For decades, the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided 12-plus needle sampling of the gland was the prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic gold standard, despite its widely recognized shortcoming: Inaccuracy rates of at least 30% on average Overdetecting insignificant PCa while often missing significant PCa Tends keep reading

A Critique of Transperineal Biopsy Study On MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Guidance

I read a study on the accuracy of prostate MRI for predicting that no prostate cancer (PCa) is present. This is called the negative predictive value (NPV), and the authors make a great point in their introduction: The reliability of a negative MRI is a key clinical metric – if the MRI is reported as keep reading

Let’s Put An End To Unnecessary Repeat Biopsies

It’s always affirming to find peer-reviewed data that confirms my professional experience, convictions, and commitment to patients. A newly published study based on over 1800 men reveals some hard facts about the incidence of repeat biopsies, and how unproductive they often are. The study is out of New York University (NYU).[i] The authors reviewed the keep reading

TRUS Biopsy: Still Trying to Solve the Riddle

Matt Mullenweg, the originator of the popular open source WordPress software, has been quoted as saying, “Whenever there’s a new form of media, we always think it’s going to replace the old thing, and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.” It can be just as true in medicine. keep reading

Overused Random Biopsies: The Real Culprit

For those not familiar with the name of California oncologist Mark Scholz, MD, he is the co-author of a book provocatively titled “Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers.” Currently, he is the Medical Director of Prostate Oncology Specialists, and also serves as Executive Director of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute. As a respected authority on prostate keep reading

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