The management of prostate cancer has dramatically changed due to the progresses made in imaging, especially in MRI.
MRI in indicated in the initial workup of a patient with a biopsy proven prostate carcinoma eligible to a curative treatment. Detection MRI is used in patients with increased PSA levels and negative biopsies for targeting a new series of biopsies. Lastly, MRI combined with PET allows one to schedule a salvation treatment in patients with a biological relapse of prostate cancer after treatment and a local recurrence.
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Service de radiologie, hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 75010 Paris, France.
Reference: Rev Prat. 2013 Apr;63(4):480-4.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23682473
Article in French.
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