Source of Funding: None
MP05-03
ROBOTIC ASSISTED MRI-US FUSION GUIDED TARGET
SATURATION BIOPSY OF THE PROSTATE; DIAGNOSTIC
ACCURACY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
Christian Wetterauer*, Pawel Trotsenko, Marc Matthias,
Philipp Brantner, Lukas Bubendorf, Tatjana Vlajnic, David Winkel, Basel,
Switzerland; Maciej Kwiatkowski, Aarau, Switzerland; Helge Seifert,
Basel, Switzerland
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: MRI-targeted prostate bi-
opsy improves the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer
(PCa) and reduces overdetection of clinically insignificant cancer.
However, up to 70% of PCa lesions display intralesional tumor het-
erogeneity and current sampling strategies do not yet adequately ac-
count for this finding.
METHODS: This prospective study included 88 patients who
underwent transperineal robotic assisted biopsy of the prostate at our
institution from January 2020eJanuary 2021. We identified a total of 47
PCa-positive Pi-RADS lesions in 38 patients that were sampled by
targeted saturation biopsies. We compared the diagnostic accuracy
of a target-saturation biopsy strategy to the accuracy of single, two or
three targeted biopsies, respectively and analyzed the potential
clinical implications.
RESULTS: Intralesional detection of clinically significant cancer
(ISUP2) was 78.9% (30/38) for target-saturation biopsy and 28.9%
(11/38), 39.5% (15/38) and 50% (19/38) for one, two and three
targeted cores, respectively. Target-saturation biopsies led to a
significantly more accurate characterization of PCa in terms of
Gleason score and significantly reduced rates of cancer missed
(p<0.05). Compared to one, two and three targeted biopsies, target-
saturation biopsies led to intensified staging procedures in 11
(28.9%), 9 (23.7%) and 7 (18.4%) and ultimately to change in therapy
in 19 (50%), 15 (39.5%) and 11 (28.9%) patients, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: This work presents the concept of robotic
assisted target saturation biopsy and demonstrates the potential of this
technique to improve diagnostic accuracy and its impact on individual
treatment decisions.
Source of Funding: Uromed: Research Grant
MP05-04
CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION
RATES ON MRI GUIDED FUSION NEEDLE BIOPSY - EXPERIENCE
FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA UROLOGIC REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE
Ako Adams Ako*, Serge Ginzburg, Philadelphia, PA; Eric Singer, New
Brunswick, NJ; Bruce Jacobs, Pittsburgh, PA; Claudette Fonshell,
Adam Reese, Edouard Trabulsi, Philadelphia, PA; Jeffery Tomaszewski,
Camden, NJ; John Danella, Danville, PA; Laurence Belkoff, Bala Cynwd,
PA; Thomas Guzzo, Robert Uzzo, Philadelphia, PA; Jay Raman,
Hershey, PA
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance im-
aging (MRI) fusion needle biopsy has been shown to outperform sys-
tematic biopsy in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer. This
study sought to: 1) Examine the variability of clinically significant
prostate cancer detection rates in a large, regional quality improvement
collaborative. 2) Examine the association between patient characteris-
tics and clinically significant prostate cancer detection.
METHODS: The Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative
(PURC) is a physician-led data-sharing and quality improvement
collaborative comprised of urology practices across Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. We analyzed 857 first-time MRI fusion biopsy
procedures performed at 5 PURC practices with a minimum of 30
procedures between January 2015 and June 2019. Chi-square tests
and hierarchical logistic regression analyzed the variability in cancer
detection rates by practice and the association between patient
characteristics and Gleason 4þ3 tumor detection.
RESULTS: Median prostate specific antigen (PSA) was 6.8 ng/
ml, 14.4% of men were 59 years old. Detection rates for
Gleason 4þ3 tumors by practice ranged from 14.3% to 28.3%
(p[0.02). Age, digital rectal examination, PSA, gland volume and
Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System version2 (PI-RADSv2)
score were significantly associated with Gleason 4þ3 tumors.
Adjusting for patient characteristics demonstrated that there was no
significant variation in Gleason 4þ3 tumor detection by practice
(Intercept variance [ 0.04; p[0.26). PIRADSv2 4 was associated
with increased likelihood of detecting a Gleason 4þ3 tumor (OR
2.67; 95% CI 1.76e4.07; p<0.0001).
CONCLUSIONS: Variability in clinically significant prostate
cancer detection between individual practice sites was predominantly
due to variability in patient characteristics. Results highlight the impor-
tance of pre-biopsy MRI in the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate
cancer.
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