Magnetic resonance imaging improves the prediction of tumor staging in localized prostate cancer.

B ValentinLars SchimmöllerT UllrichM KlingebielD DemetrescuL M SawickiJ LakesD MallyM QuentinI EspositoP AlbersG AntochC Arsov

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

MRI-measurable EPE, LCC, and SVC were reliable, independent, preoperative predictors for a histopathological T3 stage. A LCC ≥ 11 mm indicated a pT3a stage, whereas a LCC < 5 mm excluded it. On MRI, visible SVI or even SVC of the PCa lesion was reliable preoperative predictors for a pT3b stage.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
prostate cancer
contrast enhanced
patients undergoing
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography
lymph node
radical prostatectomy
magnetic resonance