Evaluation of MR elastography for prediction of lymph node metastasis in prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the relationship between MRE stiffness of prostate cancer (PCa) and the extent of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with PCa undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) and extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND).

Materials

The local institutional review board approved this retrospective study. We retrospectively analyzed 49 patients, who had undergone MRE, mpMRI and pelvic MRI on a 3.0 T MRI scanner, with histopathological confirmed PCa after RP (from June 2015 to December 2019). For each patient, preoperative clinical data and characteristics of MRE, mpMRI and pelvic MRI were recorded. Independent-samples t test, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. And receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis were perform

SUBMITTER: Hu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8517363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature