title: Prostate biopsy for the interventional radiologist.
abstract: Prostate biopsies are usually performed by urologists in the office setting using transrectal ultrasound (US) guidance. The current standard of care involves obtaining 10-14 cores from different anatomic sections. Biopsies are usually not directed into a specific lesion because most prostate cancers are not visible on transrectal US. Color Doppler, US contrast agents, elastography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and MR imaging/US fusion are proposed as imaging methods to guide prostate biopsies. Prostate MR imaging and fusion biopsy create opportunities for diagnostic and interventional radiologists to play an increasingly important role in the screening, evaluation, diagnosis, targeted biopsy, surveillance, and focal therapy of patients with prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Cheng William
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Hayet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amalou
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turkbey
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892; Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, New York.
authors.forename: Pingkun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892; Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, New York.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kruecker
authors.affiliation: Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Choyke
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventional Oncology, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892. Electronic address: bwood@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Bradford J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*