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Accuracy of shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis.
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- Development of a quantitative multiparametric ultrasound and deep learning classifier for the detection of prostate cancer.European radiology · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of transrectal ultrasound elastography integrated with clinical indicators in prostate cancer evaluation.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Article
- Transrectal ultrasonographic parameters combined with total serum exosomes for the assessment of bone metastases in prostate cancer.Open life sciences · 2026Article
- Wide-field quantitative micro-elastography of freshly excised human prostate.Biomedical optics express · 2025Article
- A comparative study of histotripsy parameters for the treatment of fibrotic ex-vivo human benign prostatic hyperplasia tissue.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Comparative Study of Histotripsy Parameters for the Treatment of Fibrotic ex-vivo Human Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Tissue.Research square · 2024Article
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- The utility of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for predicting prostate cancer: a preliminary study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2023Article
- Preoperative imaging accuracy in size determination of prostate cancer in men undergoing radical prostatectomy for clinically localised disease.Insights into imaging · 2023Article
- Role of the elastography strain ratio using transrectal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of prostate cancer and clinically significant prostate cancer.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Elastography in the Urological Practice: Urinary and Male Genital Tract, Prostate Excluded-Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Cost-Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Detection in Biopsy-Naïve Men: Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography vs. Multiparametric Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Application of Multiple Ultrasonic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Patients with Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in the Gray Area: Construction of 2 Predictive Models.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
- Characterisation of Prostate Lesions Using Transrectal Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) Ultrasound Imaging: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2021Review
- Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting prostate cancer in men with prostate-specific antigen grey zone based on retrospective analysis of clinical and multi-parameter magnetic resonance imaging/transrectal ultrasound fusion-derived data.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Article
- On the Challenges Associated with Obtaining Reproducible Measurements Using SWEI in the Median Nerve.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2020Article
- Automated multiparametric localization of prostate cancer based on B-mode, shear-wave elastography, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound radiomics.European radiology · 2020Article
- Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography of Normal Soft Tissue Organs in Adult Beagle Dogs; Interobserver Agreement and Sources of Variability.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Many studies have established the high diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography (SWE) for the detection of prostate cancer (PCa); however, its utility remains a subject of debate. This meta-analysis sought to appraise the overall accuracy of SWE for the detection of PCa. A literature search of the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) databases was conducted. In all of the included studies, the diagnostic accuracy of SWE was compared with that of histopathology, which was used as a standard. Data were pooled, and the sensitivity, specificity, area under the curve (AUC), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were calculated to estimate the accuracy of SWE. The pooled sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of PCa by SWE were 0.844 (95% confidence interval: 0.696-0.927) and 0.860 (0.792-0.908), respectively. The AUC was 0.91 (0.89-0.94), the PLR was 6.017 (3.674-9.853), and the NLR was 0.182 (0.085-0.389). The DOR was 33.069 (10.222-106.982). Thus, SWE exhibited high accuracy for the detection of PCa using histopathology as a diagnostic standard. Moreover, SWE may reduce the number of core biopsies needed.
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