Prostate cancer: can multiparametric MR imaging help identify patients who are candidates for active surveillance?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether multiparametric magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can help identify patients with prostate cancer who would most appropriately be candidates for active surveillance (AS) according to current guidelines and to compare the results with those of conventional clinical assessment scoring systems, including the D'Amico, Epstein, and Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment (CAPRA) systems, on the basis of findings at prostatectomy.

Materials and methods

This institutional review board-approved HIPAA-compliant retrospectively designed study included 133 patients (mean age, 59.3 years) with a mean prostate-specific antigen level of 6.73 ng/mL (median, 4.39 ng/mL) who underwent multiparametric MR imaging at 3.0 T before radical prostatectomy. Informed consent

SUBMITTER: Turkbey B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3689450 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature