The expanding landscape of diffusion-weighted MRI in prostate cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The added value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) for the detection, localization, and staging of primary prostate cancer has been extensively reported in original studies and meta-analyses. More recently, DW-MRI and related techniques have been used to noninvasively assess prostate cancer aggressiveness and estimate its biological behavior. The present article aims to summarize the potential applications of DW-MRI for noninvasive optimization of pretherapeutic risk assessment, patient management decisions, and evaluation of treatment response.

publication date

  • May 1, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5458420

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84969753470

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/0284185113494978

PubMed ID

  • 26814501

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 41

issue

  • 5