Comparative Analysis of Transperineal Cognitive Fusion, Systematic, and Combined Biopsies for Prostate Cancer Detection
Mihai Alexandru Radu, Sorin Cecil Mirea, Andrei Drocaș, Dragoș Vasile Florin, Nicoleta Alice Drăgoescu, George Mitroi, Andrei Pănuș, Petru Octavian Drăgoescu · 2025
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Mihai Radu and seven co-authors compare three biopsy strategies for finding prostate cancer, in a 2025 study. Modern MRI scans flag suspicious areas, but doctors still debate how best to sample them. One method takes a standard grid of samples; another aims samples at the scan's targets by eye, called cognitive fusion; the third combines both. The study enrolled two hundred eighty-two patients whose scans showed lesions of concern.
Cancer was found in one hundred fifty-four patients. The targeted method found more cancers than the grid method, and each method caught some cases the other missed. Only the combined approach found all one hundred fifty-four. The results argue that pairing both sampling styles in one session gives the surest detection, at the cost of more needle samples.
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| CREATOR | Mihai Alexandru Radu, Sorin Cecil Mirea, Andrei Drocaș, Dragoș Vasile Florin, Nicoleta Alice Drăgoescu, George Mitroi, Andrei Pănuș, Petru Octavian Drăgoescu |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |