Prostate MRI: diffusion-weighted imaging at 1.5T correlates better with prostatectomy Gleason Grades than TRUS-guided biopsies in peripheral zone tumours.

Objectives: To investigate the usefulness of Apparent Diffusion Coefficients (ADC) in predicting prostatectomy Gleason Grades (pGG) and Scores (GS), compared with ultrasound-guided biopsy Gleason Grades (bGG).Methods: Twenty-four patients with biopsy-proven prostate cancer were included in the study...

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Publicado en:European Radiology Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 468 - 476
Autores principales: Bittencourt LK, Barentsz JO, de Miranda LC, Gasparetto EL, Bittencourt, Leonardo Kayat, Barentsz, Jelle O, de Miranda, Luiz Carlos Duarte, Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2012
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