The value of incremental biopsy cores during in-gantry MRI-guided targeted prostate biopsy for prostate cancer diagnosis was examined. 135 patients with 175 lesions underwent in-gantry targeted prostate biopsy and the rates of pathology upgrading for sequential cores were determined. Significant upgrading was observed when increasing from 1 to 2 cores and from 2 to 3 cores, but not from core 3 to 4. Higher Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) Version 2.0 score and anteriorly located lesions were more likely to result in an upgrade.
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