Histopathological to multiparametric MRI spatial mapping of extended systematic sextant and MR/TRUS-fusion-targeted biopsy of the prostate.
David BonekampPatrick SchelbManuel WiesenfarthTristan Anselm KuderFenja DeisterAlbrecht StenzingerJoanne Nyarangi-DixMatthias RöthkeMarkus HohenfellnerHeinz-Peter SchlemmerJan Philipp RadtkePublished in: European radiology (2018)
• Currently, exclusive MRI mapping of the prostate for focal treatment planning cannot be recommended, as significant prostate cancer may remain untreated in a substantial number of cases. • At the observed sPC prevalence and on a patient basis, mpMRI has excellent sensitivity and NPV, and acceptable specificity and PPV for detection of prostate cancer, supporting its use to detect suspicious lesions before biopsy. • Despite the excellent global performance, 18% of sPC was outside the mpMRI mapped region even when a security margin of 10 mm was considered, indicating that prostate MRI has limited ability to completely map all cancer foci within the prostate.