Open AccessIncreased rate of positive biopsies using a combination of MR-Tomography, spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging prior to prostate biopsies in patients with persistent elevated prostate-specific antigen values: A retrospective analysis
Author(s) -
Andreas Lunacek,
Joerg Simon,
Reinhard Bernt,
Matthew T. Huber,
Eugen Plas,
Christof Mrstik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urology annals (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.110001
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , prostatectomy , prostate cancer , prostate , biopsy , prostate specific antigen , radiology , radical retropubic prostatectomy , urology , effective diffusion coefficient , nuclear medicine , cancer
Persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values following negative biopsies result in a diagnostic dilemma. In order to improve detection rates in patients with former negative biopsies and persistently elevated PSA values, magnetic resonance tomography (MRT), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) were performed prior to prostate rebiopsies.