Evaluation of Perilesional Biopsy in Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

Currently, combination of systematic biopsy and targeted biopsy (TB+SB) has been recommended for the diagnosis of patients with suspicious lesion found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although the combined biopsy approach could effectively detect clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), the increased number of biopsy cores would increase the risk of complications and decrease the postoperative quality of life. In recent years, urological and radiologic thinking has changed after realizing that systemic biopsies may be omitted when the chance of missing a clinically significant lesion is low, or when a systemic biopsy has already been done beforehand. More and more radiologists and urologists focused on the issue of optimization of prostate biopsy schemes. Previous studies found that the majority of csPCa were found within a band of 10-mm radius outside MRI lesions (the penumbra). Based on the penumbra theory, the perilesional/regional systematic biopsy (PB/RSB) has gradually received urologists' attention. Some studies demonstrated that the prostate cancer (PCa) detection rate was not inferior to the combined biopsy with the benefits of using fewer biopsy cores. However, the safety profile warrants further evaluation, and there is still a lack of high-quality, prospective evidence for the PB schemes. Thus, this multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the efficacy of TB+PB schemes and the routine TB+SB schemes, provide high-quality evidence for the optimization of prostate biopsy schemes.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does PB promote the accurate diagnosis of csPCa? What is the value of PB in improving the safety of prostate biopsy? This prospective, multi-institution RCT compared the csPCa detection rates of TB+PB and TB+SB. Participants were prospectively enrolled and were randomly allocated to TB+PB group and TB+SB group.

Researchers will compare the cancer detection rates of TB+PB and TB+SB to explore the efficacy of different prostate biopsy schemes.

Participants will:

Receive TB+PB or TB+SB.

Inclusion criteria

• The age of the patient is between 45 and 85.
• No previous biopsy.
• Patients with single suspicious lesion, complete MRI data, qualified image quality control, suspicious lesions, and Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2.1 (PI-RADS V2.1) of > 3.
• Patients were in accordance with the indication of prostate biopsy, including patients with suspicious prostate nodes found by digital rectal examination (DRE), the suspicious lesions found by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) or MRI, total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) >10ng/mL, tPSA 4-10ng/mL with free-to-total PSA ratio (f/tPSA) <0.16 or PSA density (PSAD) >0.15.
• The prostate biopsy pathological results were complete. The time interval between prostate biopsy and prostate MRI examination should not exceed one month.
• Patients with complete clinical information.

Exclusion criteria

• The MRI data was unqualified or incomplete.
• Patients had received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy, or surgery treatment before prostate MRI examination or prostate biopsy.
• Patients with previous biopsy.
• Patients with PI-RADS V2.1 of < 4.
• Patients were not in accordance with the indication of prostate biopsy.
• The patient could not cooperate to complete the prostate biopsy.
• The patients or their family members refused to participate in this study.
• Patients with incomplete clinical information.