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ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2025

Novel ultrasound scoring system to guide cognitive fusion-targeted biopsy: a prospective study.

Fei Qin, Jingyun Wu, Jianguo Ma, Shaojuan Tian, Derun Li, Shuyuan Chen, Yi Liu, Xuesong Li

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Fei QinPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jingyun WuPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jianguo MaThe Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Shaojuan TianPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Derun LiPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shuyuan ChenPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yi LiuPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China. liuyipkuhsc@163.com.
Xuesong LiPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China. pineneedle@sina.com.

Funding

Beijing Research Ward Excellence Program BRWEP2024W054070105National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (Interdepartmental Research Project of Peking University First Hospital) 2023IR27National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (Interdepartmental Research Project of Peking University First Hospital) 2024IR16
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purposeTo develop and validate a novel ultrasound scoring system (USS) for assisting cognitive fusion-targeted biopsy (cTB).

methodsWe prospectively collected a study cohort consisting of 452 patients with biopsy-naïve, PSA ≤ 20 ng/ml and their 531 Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) v2.1 ≥ 3 lesions. All MRI regions of interest were scored as USS 0, 1, 2, and 3 for the corresponding lesion or region on TRUS. The cumulative cancer detection rate of the biopsy cores was assessed according to USS. Subgroup analysis was conducted to assess the csPCa detection rate following the re-stratification of PI-RADS using USS. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was performed for USS, PI-RADS and USS + PI-RADS. The area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity were calculated at the cut-off selected by the Youden index.

resultsThe overall cancer detection rates for USS scores of 0 to 3 were 0% (0/67), 66% (111/166), 83% (176/210), and 100% (59/59), respectively. For USS 2 and USS 3 lesions, the detection rates in targeting the 3rd core (79%, P = 0.774) and 2nd core (93%, P = 0.125) did not significantly increase with subsequent biopsy cores. In the subgroup analysis, the csPCa positive rate for USS 0 was zero across all PI-RADS categories. In contrast, USS 1, 2, and 3 enhanced the csPCa positive rate within each PI-RADS strata. In ROC analysis, the AUC (95% CI) for the combined USS + PI-RADS 0.85 (0.82-0.89) outperformed PI-RADS 0.77 (0.73-0.81) alone (P < 0.001). USS + PI-RADS sensitivity (95% CI) was 80.7% (75.6-84.9) compared to PI-RADS 72.5% (67.6-77.0).

conclusionIn cTB, USS has good performance in cancer risk re-stratification, with higher USS scores correlating with an increased likelihood of cancer and improved diagnostic accuracy. CLINICAL

trial registrationNo. 2023-272-002, July 14, 2023.

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Image-Guided BiopsyProstatic NeoplasmsUltrasonography, InterventionalAgedHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityUltrasonographyImage-guided biopsyProstatic neoplasmsROC curveUltrasonography

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