Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for local staging before salvage radical prostatectomy: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a local and nodal staging tool in radio-recurrent prostate cancer (PCa) is still unclear. The present study aims at evaluating the predictive value of MRI in the detection of extracapsular extension (ECE), seminal vesical invasion (SVI) and nodal involvement (LNI) in patients after primary radio (EBRT) and/or brachytherapy (BT) before salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP).

Methods

This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were systemically reviewed to extract the data on diagnostic performance of MRI in radio-recurrent PCa.

Results

Four studies co

SUBMITTER: Zapala P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10188391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature