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. 2019 Nov;70(4):441-451.
doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Sep 24.

The Utility of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters for Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer

Emetullah Cindil  1 , Yusuf Oner  2 , Halit Nahit Sendur  2 , Hakan Ozdemir  2 , Eymen Gazel  3 , Lutfi Tunc  3 , Mahi Nur Cerit  2
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The Utility of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters for Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer

Emetullah Cindil et al. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2019 Nov.
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Abstract

Introduction: To establish the diagnostic performance of the parameters obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging at 3T in discriminating between non-clinically significant prostate cancers (ncsPCa, Gleason score [GS] < 7) and clinically significant prostate cancers (csPCa, GS ≥ 7) in the peripheral zone.

Materials and methods: Twenty-six male patients with peripheral zone prostate cancer (PCa) who had undergone 3T multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan prior to biopsy were included in the study and evaluated retrospectively. The GS was obtained by both standard 12-core transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy and targeted MRI-US fusion biopsy and then confirmed by prostatectomy, if available. For each confirmed tumour focus, DCE-derived quantitative perfusion metrics (Ktrans, Kep, Ve, initial area under the curve [AUC]), the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value, and normalized versions of quantitative metrics were measured and correlated with the GS.

Results: Ktrans had the highest diagnostic accuracy value of 82% among the DCE-MRI parameters (AUC 0.90), and ADC had the strongest diagnostic accuracy value of 87% among the overall parameters (AUC 0.92). The combination of ADC and Ktrans have higher diagnostic performance with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve being 0.98 (sensitivity 0.94; specificity 0.89; accuracy 0.92) compared to the individual evaluation of each parameter alone.The GS showed strong negative correlations with ADC (r = -0.72) and normalized ADC (r = -0.69) as well as a significant positive correlation with Ktrans (r = 0.69).

Conclusion: The combination of Ktrans and ADC and their normalized versions may help differentiate between ncsPCa from csPCa in the peripheral zone.

Keywords: Clinically significant prostate cancer; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; Gleason score; Magnetic resonance imaging.

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