This consensus provides a contemporary insight into expert opinion of patient selection for FT of clinically localized prostate cancer.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms AS = active surveillance AUR = acute urinary retention PCa = prostate cancer PSA = prostate specific antigen RP = radical prostatectomy TPB = transperineal biopsy TRUS = transrectal ultrasound TRUS-B = transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy TTMB = transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy TTSB = transperineal template-guided saturation biopsy Abstract: Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer has eluded clinicians for decades. With our current understanding of prostate cancer, urologists should devise and confidently present the available treatment options -active surveillance/radical treatment/focal therapy to these patients. The diagnostic modalities used for prostate cancer have the dual problem of false negativity and overdiagnosis. Various modifications in the prostate biopsy techniques have increased the accuracy of cancer detection, but we are still far from an ideal diagnostic technique. Transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate is an exhaustive biopsy technique that has been improvised over the past decade, and has shown superior results to other available modalities. We have carried out a PubMed search on the available experiences on this diagnostic modality, and along with our own experiences, we present a brief review on transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate.

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