MR Imaging for Prostate Cancer Screening and Active Surveillance

Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017
Source:Radiologic Clinics of North America
Author(s): Sasha C. Druskin, Katarzyna J. Macura

Teaser

The current prostate cancer management paradigm has been criticized in recent years for contributing to the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of the disease. Active surveillance is an avenue by which to reduce overtreatment, but patient selection and monitoring remain a challenge. The use of prostate MR imaging has been growing in recent years and has been incorporated into prostate cancer screening and patient selection and monitoring for active surveillance. This review article discusses the current evidence for the use of MR imaging in each of those settings.


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