Additional findings in prostate MRI
The extended prostate MRI protocol shows a considerable prevalence of AFs of which more than a third are clinically significant, related or unrelated to PCa (groups 2 and 3). A substantial percentage (8.3%) of patients have extra-prostatic PCa-related AFs that change the patient's disease stage and management. However, a change in management due to AFs unrelated to PCA that belong to group 3 is observed in less than 4% of all patients. The choice between extended and abbreviated prostate MRI protocols should be made based on available resources.
Authors
- Thomas Sartoretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-987X)
- Fabio Ramos Poroes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9959-8064)
- Harriet C. Thoeny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-2406)
- Johannes M. Froehlich
- Carolin Reischauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-6615)
- Paraskevi Karampa
- Hugo Najberg
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Fribourg (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Fribourg Development Agency (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Imaging
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40644-025-00846-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.07
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung