Publications by authors named "Ben Hefer"

Article Synopsis
  • Using MRI-fusion guided prostate biopsy (PB) leads to better agreement with prostatectomy histopathology results compared to traditional 12-core TRUS biopsy, especially in patients with higher-risk prostate cancer.
  • In a study involving 218 men diagnosed with prostate cancer, those who underwent MRI-fusion PB had a significantly higher concordance rate (73.1% vs. 42.9%) with the final pathology from surgery.
  • The research highlighted that the number of cancer-involved regions in the prostate is an important factor influencing concordance, indicating that MRI-fusion techniques enhance diagnostic accuracy and treatment planning for patients.
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Background: Microcytic anemia due to iron deficiency is the most common type of anemia in children in Israel and many parts of the world, and has been shown to have negative consequences for the cognitive performance. We aimed to examine the association between microcytic anemia at age 9-18 months and ADHD during childhood.

Methods: This case-control study included healthy children aged 6-18 years at data collection (April 2020), insured by Clalit-Health-Services, and aged 9-18 months between June 2004 and December 2013, when a blood-count was performed.

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Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) in a duplex collecting system (DCS) is a relatively uncommon presentation with unclear management guidelines. Herein, we retrospectively reviewed all published cases of DCS with UTUC aiming to suggest personalized clinical care options for future cases. We conducted a systematic search for all cases of UTUC in DCS from published literature using the following keywords: UTUC, urothelial carcinoma (UC), collecting duct carcinoma, and DCS.

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Background: Targeting biopsy (TBx) of suspicious lesions combined with random systematic biopsy (SBx) improves detection rates of prostate cancer (PCa) during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/ultrasound (US) fusion prostate biopsy. However, this combination increases the number of biopsy cores, prolongs the procedure time, and increases complications and costs, leading to the overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant PCa (ciPCa). This study aims to evaluate the optimal sampling design to achieve a detection rate of clinically significant PCa (csPCa) equal to standard TBx with SBx with fewer biopsy cores.

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