Impact of preoperative prostate magnetic resonance imaging on the surgical management of high-risk prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of adding multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to pre-surgical planning on surgical decision making for the management of high-risk prostate cancer (HRPC).

Patients and methods

A survey was designed to query multiple centers on surgical decisions of 41 consecutive HRPC cases seen from 2012 to 2015. HRPC was defined by the National Comprehensive Cancer Center Network guidelines. Six fellowship-trained urologic oncologists were asked for their surgical plan in regards to the degree of planned nerve-sparing and lymph node dissection. Two rounds of surveys were administered to six external urologic oncologists. The first survey included the case description only and the second included case description with mpMRI images and report.

SUBMITTER: Baack Kukreja J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027969 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature