Loeb S, Carter HB, Berndt SI, Ricker W, and Schaeffer EM.
“Complications After Prostate Biopsy: Data From SEER-Medicare.”
Journal of Urology November 2011; 186: 1830. PMID: 21926375.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21944136
This was the first paper to call attention to the increasing risk of hospitalization for infection after prostate biopsy in the United States. Careful patient selection for prostate biopsy is essential to minimize the potential downstream harms of prostate cancer screening, and this paper has been cited by numerous guidelines