title: Transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate.
abstract: Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer has eluded clinicians for decades. With our current understanding of prostate cancer, urologists should devise and confidently present the available treatment options – active surveillance/radical treatment/focal therapy to these patients. The diagnostic modalities used for prostate cancer have the dual problem of false negativity and overdiagnosis. Various modifications in the prostate biopsy techniques have increased the accuracy of cancer detection, but we are still far from an ideal diagnostic technique. Transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate is an exhaustive biopsy technique that has been improvised over the past decade, and has shown superior results to other available modalities. We have carried out a PubMed search on the available experiences on this diagnostic modality, and along with our own experiences, we present a brief review on transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institute Mutualiste Monsouris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivaraman
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Salas
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barret
authors.forename: Youness
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahallal
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rozet
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galiano
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prapotnich
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cathelineau
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
keywords: mapping biopsy; prostate biopsy; prostate cancer; template guided biopsy; transperineal biopsy