How many patients with negative MRI have prostate cancer?

Abstract

Sensitivity of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for prostate cancer in normal clinical practice setting was studied retrospectively in single hospital. 249patients with traditional indication for initial biopsy had MRI before biopsy. MRI was normal in 174 patients, but 13 % of them had clinically significant prostate cancer after biopsy.

Keywords

• prostate cancer
• magnetic resonance imaging
• biopsy
• indications
• diagnosis