How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
Prostate cancer can be diagnosed after:
- See a PCA which is increased.
- Un rectal examination suspect.
- An radiography showing an injury.
Faced with this situation, a committee will meet and decide to do a biopsy. In our center we choose to do a perineal biopsy because it is safer and more effective for the patient.
What is a fusion biopsy?
Fusion biopsy consists of joining the image of the resonance. Today is the best image we have to diagnose prostate cancer, with real-time ultrasound. With this we obtain a millimeter precision and, in addition, we improve the diagnostic yield of an 30% to an 90-95%.
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What advantages does it offer?
In addition to the advantages that the fusion gives us, we highlight the benefits of the biopsy that we do in our center: the approach. There are two types of approach:
- El transrectal approach, which is done through the rectum.
- El transperineal approach, is the area between the testicles and the rectum. This approach allows total access to the prostate and obtain up to an 20% more access to tumors than with the transrectal route. In addition, through the transperineal route, being a sterile pathway, it does not pass through the rectum and, thus, we decrease infections that in many cases can become serious.
