Study Gives Clinical Edge to Transperineal Prostate Biopsies

In the largest head-to-head randomized trial of its kind, UK researchers found transperineal prostate biopsies using local anesthesia (LATP) superior to the transrectal approach in detecting clinically significant cancers. The TRANSLATE study, with more than 1100 patients, found LATP identified 5.7% more cases of clinically significant prostate cancer…