The value of a first MRI and targeted biopsies after several years of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer - results from the SAMS trial.
Stefan CarlssonOla BrattDushanka KristianssonFredrik JäderlingPublished in: Scandinavian journal of urology (2020)
Even after several years of AS with stable PSA values and many sets of systematic biopsies, a first MRI and targeted biopsies lead to the detection of Gleason score 7 (ISUP 2 and ISUP 3) cancer in a significant proportion of men, particularly among those with a high PSA density.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- radical prostatectomy
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cancer therapy
- ultrasound guided
- papillary thyroid
- diffusion weighted imaging
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- squamous cell
- magnetic resonance
- randomized controlled trial
- drug delivery
- middle aged
- squamous cell carcinoma
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- lymph node metastasis
- childhood cancer