Impact of mandated prospectively reported apparent diffusion coefficient values on the rates of positivity for clinically significant prostate cancer by PI-RADS score.

Hiram Shaish Randy CasalsFiras AhmedJasnit MakkarSven Wenske

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2020)

Prospective ADC measurement may not impact PI-RADS category assignments or positivity rates for csPCa under current guidelines. Future versions of PI-RADS may need to incorporate ADC into scoring rules to realize their potential.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
prostate cancer
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
radical prostatectomy
clinical practice
magnetic resonance
risk assessment