Do MRI-targeted prostate biopsies lead to over-diagnosis and over-treatment??!!

GU Cast | Urology Podcast - Un pódcast de Professor Declan Murphy & Dr Renu Eapen

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Well the data are clear, says eminent biostatistician and research methodologist, Dr Andrew Vickers of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. In some well constructed recent articles, Andrew has really made us think again about the impact of moving to MRI-directed triage and targeted biopsies, instead of "blind" systematic biopsies. Could it be that this strategy actually leads to harm, rather than the clear benefits which many assume that MRI has brought to prostate cancer...