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Overcoming Limitations of Traditional Biopsies with MRI-Guided Biopsies

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Kyrollis Attalla, MD

A urologic oncologist discusses how MRI- or fusion-guided biopsies have helped overcome the limitations of traditional prostate biopsies.

Video content above is prompted by the following questions:

  • To date, what have been some of the challenges and limitations of prostate biopsy?
  • What is MRI- or fusion-guided biopsy? And how has it helped overcome some of those challenges?
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