TY - JOUR
T1 - Is contrast enhancement needed for diagnostic prostate MRI?
AU - Scialpi, Michele
AU - Rondoni, Valeria
AU - Aisa, Maria Cristina
AU - Martorana, Eugenio
AU - D'Andrea, Alfredo
AU - Malaspina, Corrado Maria
AU - Orlandi, Agostino
AU - Galassi, Giorgio
AU - Orlandi, Emanuele
AU - Scialpi, Pietro
AU - Dragone, Michele
AU - Palladino, Diego
AU - Simeone, Annalisa
AU - Amenta, Michele
AU - Bianchi, Giampaolo
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADS v2) provides clinical guidelines for multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) [T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI)] of prostate. However, DCE-MRI seems to show a limited contribution in prostate cancer (PCa) detection and management. In our experience, DCE-MRI, did not show significant change in diagnostic performance in addition to DWI and T2WI [biparametric MRI (bpMRI)] which represent the predominant sequences to detect suspected lesions in peripheral and transitional zone (TZ). In this article we reviewed the role of DCE-MRI also indicating the potential contribute of bpMRI approach (T2WI and DWI) and lesion volume evaluation in the diagnosis and management of suspected PCa.
AB - Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADS v2) provides clinical guidelines for multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) [T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI)] of prostate. However, DCE-MRI seems to show a limited contribution in prostate cancer (PCa) detection and management. In our experience, DCE-MRI, did not show significant change in diagnostic performance in addition to DWI and T2WI [biparametric MRI (bpMRI)] which represent the predominant sequences to detect suspected lesions in peripheral and transitional zone (TZ). In this article we reviewed the role of DCE-MRI also indicating the potential contribute of bpMRI approach (T2WI and DWI) and lesion volume evaluation in the diagnosis and management of suspected PCa.
KW - Biparametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI)
KW - Prostate cancer (PCa)
KW - Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADS v2)
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U2 - 10.21037/tau.2017.05.31
DO - 10.21037/tau.2017.05.31
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85020995834
VL - 6
SP - 499
EP - 509
JO - Translational Andrology and Urology
JF - Translational Andrology and Urology
SN - 2223-4683
IS - 3
ER -