Journal Reviews

Can antibiotics reduce ‘unnecessary’ prostate biopsies?

1 March 2014 | | Urologic Oncology | PSA, antibiotics, ciprofloxacin, prostate cancer, prostatitis

With numerous factors capable of influencing prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels and therefore the likelihood of biopsy, this multi-centred randomised controlled trial (RCT) was designed to see if two weeks of ciprofloxacin compared to placebo would significantly reduce PSA levels...