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Temporal changes in MRI appearance of the prostate after focal ablation.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:The purpose of our study was to retrospectively evaluate and categorize temporal changes in MRI appearances of the prostate in patients who underwent focal therapy with MRI follow-up. METHODS:The Institutional Review Board approved this retrospective study and waived the requirement for informed consent. Thirty-seven patients (median age 61; 48-70 years) with low-to-intermediate-risk, clinically organ-confined prostate cancer underwent focal ablation therapy from 2009 to 2014. Two radiologists reviewed post-treatment MRIs (n?=?76) and categorized imaging features blinded to the time interval between the focal therapy and the follow-up MRI. Inter-reader agreement was assessed (kappa) and generalized linear regression was used to examine associations between an imaging feature being present/absent and days between ablation and MRI. RESULTS:Inter-reader agreement on MRI features ranged from fair to substantial. Edema was found present at earlier times after ablation (median 16-25 days compared to MRIs without edema, median 252-514 days), as was rim enhancement of the ablation zone (18-22.5 days vs. 409-593 days), a hypointense rim around the ablation zone on T2-weighted images (53-57.5 days vs. 279-409 days) and the presence of an appreciable ablation cavity (48.5-60 days vs. 613-798 days, all p?

SUBMITTER: Hotker AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894419 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Temporal changes in MRI appearance of the prostate after focal ablation.

Hötker Andreas M AM   Meier Andreas A   Mazaheri Yousef Y   Zheng Junting J   Capanu Marinela M   Chaim Joshua J   Sosa Ramon R   Coleman Jonathan J   Hricak Hedvig H   Akin Oguz O  

Abdominal radiology (New York) 20190101 1


<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of our study was to retrospectively evaluate and categorize temporal changes in MRI appearances of the prostate in patients who underwent focal therapy with MRI follow-up.<h4>Methods</h4>The Institutional Review Board approved this retrospective study and waived the requirement for informed consent. Thirty-seven patients (median age 61; 48-70 years) with low-to-intermediate-risk, clinically organ-confined prostate cancer underwent focal ablation therapy from 2009 to 2  ...[more]

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