Accurate local staging of prostate cancer is essential for patient management decisions.
Conventional and evolving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as diffusion-weighted imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, and MR spectroscopy, are promising techniques in prostate cancer imaging. In this article, we will review the current applications of conventional and advanced MRI techniques in the local staging of prostate cancer.
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Soylu FN, Eggener S, Oto A. Are you the author?
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Reference: Diagn Interv Radiol. 2012 Mar 8. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4970-11.2
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22399364
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