Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for local staging before salvage radical prostatectomy: a meta-analysis.
Piotr ZapałaAleksander ŚlusarczykPaweł RajwaGiorgio GandagliaŁukasz ZapałaFabio ZattoniTomasz LorencGuillaume PloussardPiotr RadziszewskiPublished in: World journal of urology (2023)
This is the first meta-analysis reporting reliability of staging MRI in a radio-recurrent setting. MRI provides poor sensitivity while maintaining high specificity for local and nodal staging before SRP. However, current evidence is limited to the low number of heterogenous studies at meaningful risk of bias.