February 2024

UROLOGY

EVALUATING NOVEL APPROACHES TO PROSTATE BIOPSY

Featuring: Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD​

Episode Summary

In this Better Edge podcast episode, Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD, chair and the Edmund Andrews Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, discusses the PReclude infection EVEnts with No prophylaxis Transperineal (PREVENT) Randomized Trial, a study in which he was co-primary investigator. The trial, funded by the National Cancer Institute, compared the outcomes of transperineal biopsy without antibiotic prophylaxis to transrectal biopsy with targeted prophylaxis.
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Listen to the episode to hear about the study’s impact on clinical decision making regarding prostate biopsy approaches and how these results may impact the future state of antibiotic resistance worldwide.
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Read more about the PREVENT Randomized Trial.
Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD, ​Chair and the Edmund Andrews Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine

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