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Use of MRI before prostate biopsies increases sharply across U.S. hospitals
Using prostate MRI before a biopsy is a real advance in prostate cancer diagnosis. Multiple randomized trials have shown that imaging the prostate first and then targeting suspicious lesions finds more of the aggressive cancers that matter.
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A recent analysis shows that U.S. hospitals have markedly increased the use of prostate magnetic‑resonance imaging before performing biopsies. Multiple randomized trials have demonstrated that pre‑biopsy MRI can better target suspicious lesions and detect aggressive cancers, prompting progressively stronger guideline recommendations for its use. The new data reveal that this evidence is translating into practice, with a sharp rise in MRI‑first approaches across the country. No further outcomes or impacts were reported.
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