Prostate Cancer Volume Estimation by Combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Targeted Biopsy Proven Cancer Core Length: Correlation with Cancer Volume


Matsugasumi T., Baco E., Palmer S., Aron M., Sato Y., Fukuda N., ...More

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.194, no.4, pp.957-965, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 194 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.04.075
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.957-965
  • Keywords: prostatic neoplasms, biopsy, magnetic resonance imaging, tumor burden, prognosis, TUMOR VOLUME, MULTIPARAMETRIC MRI, FOCAL THERAPY, LOCALIZATION, MEN, SPECIMENS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging often underestimates or overestimates pathological cancer volume. We developed what is to our knowledge a novel method to estimate prostate cancer volume using magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion, biopsy proven cancer core length.