The effect of capped biparametric magnetic resonance imaging slots on weekly prostate cancer imaging workload.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To introduce capped biparametric (bp) MRI slots for follow-up imaging of prostate cancer patients enrolled in active surveillance (AS) and evaluate the effect on weekly variation in the number of AS cases and total MRI workload.

Methods

Three 20 min bpMRI AS slots on two separate days were introduced at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. The weekly numbers of total prostate MRIs and AS cases recorded 15 months before and after the change (Groups 1 and 2, respectively). An intergroup variation in the weekly scan numbers was assessed using the coefficient of variance (CV) and mean absolute deviation; the Mann-Whitney U test was used for an intergroup comparison of the latter.

Results

In AS patients, a shift from considerable to moderate variation in wee

SUBMITTER: Sushentsev N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature