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AUA Policy Statement on the Use of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis, Staging and Management of Prostate Cancer
- Source :
- J Urol, The Journal of urology, vol 198, iss 4
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- PURPOSE: We summarize the available data about the clinical and economic effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer, and provide practical recommendations for its use in the screening, diagnosis, staging and surveillance of prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A panel of clinicians with expertise in the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer evaluated the current published literature on the use and effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging for this disease. When adequate studies were available for analysis, recommendations were made on the basis of data and when adequate studies were not available, recommendations were made on the basis of expert consensus. RESULTS: At this time the data support the use of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with a previous negative biopsy and ongoing concerns about increased risk of prostate cancer. The data regarding its usefulness for initial biopsy suggest a possible role for magnetic resonance imaging in some circumstances. There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend magnetic resonance imaging for screening, staging or surveillance of prostate cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Although it adds cost to the management of prostate cancer, magnetic resonance imaging offers superior anatomic detail, and the ability to evaluate cellular density based on water diffusion and blood flow based on contrast enhancement. Imaging targeted biopsy may increase the diagnosis of clinically significant cancers by identifying specific lesions not visible on conventional ultrasound. The clinical indications for the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of prostate cancer are rapidly evolving.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aging
Cost-Benefit Analysis
030232 urology & nephrology
prostatic neoplasms
Management of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
0302 clinical medicine
Cancer screening
magnetic resonance imaging
Mass Screening
Early Detection of Cancer
Societies, Medical
Ultrasonography
Cancer
screening and diagnosis
Interventional
medicine.diagnostic_test
Prostate Cancer
Health Services
Urology & Nephrology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
PI-RADS
Detection
Prostate-specific antigen
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Biomedical Imaging
4.4 Population screening
Radiology
4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
Urologic Diseases
Image-Guided Biopsy
medicine.medical_specialty
Consensus
Urology
Clinical Sciences
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Clinical Research
Medical
medicine
Humans
Medical physics
Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Neoplasm Staging
business.industry
Prevention
Prostatic Neoplasms
Magnetic resonance imaging
medicine.disease
4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies
Feasibility Studies
Societies
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15273792
- Volume :
- 198
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f1dea3bab8284bccbb218f63b6156b41