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ArticleResearch and reports in urology2018

Performance of multiparametric MRI appears better when measured in patients who undergo radical prostatectomy.

Nancy N Wang, Richard E Fan, John T Leppert, Pejman Ghanouni, Christian A Kunder, James D Brooks, Benjamin I Chung, Geoffrey A Sonn

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Article in Research and reports in urology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Nancy N WangDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
Richard E FanDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
John T LeppertDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
Pejman GhanouniDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Christian A KunderDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
James D BrooksDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
Benjamin I ChungDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
Geoffrey A SonnDepartment of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, Nwang4@stanford.edu.
Stanford Medicine · USStanford University · USVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Utilization of pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) is increasing. To optimize the usefulness of mpMRI, physicians should accurately quote patients a numerical risk of cancer based on their MRI. The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PIRADS) standardizes interpretation of mpMRI; however, reported rates of clinically significant prostate cancer (CSC) stratified by PIRADS score vary widely. While some publications use radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens as gold standard, others use biopsy. We hypothesized that much of the variation in CSC stems from differences in cancer prevalence in RP cohorts (100% prevalence) vs biopsy cohorts. To quantify the impact of this selection bias on cancer yield according to PIRADS score, we analyzed data from 614 men with 854 lesions who underwent targeted biopsy from 2014 to 2018. Of these, 125 men underwent RP. We compared the PIRADS detection rates of CSC (Gleason ≥7) on targeted biopsy between the biopsy-only and RP cohorts. For all PIRADS scores, CSC yield was much greater in patients who underwent RP. For example, CSC was found in 30% of PIRADS 3 lesions in men who underwent RP vs 7.6% in men who underwent biopsy. Our results show that mpMRI performance appears to be better in men who undergo RP compared with those who only receive biopsy. Physicians should understand the effect of this selection bias and its magnitude when discussing mpMRI results with patients considering biopsy, and take great caution in quoting CSC yields from publications using RP as gold standard.

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counselingimage-guided biopsymagnetic resonance imagingpatient selectionprostatic neoplasms

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PMCPMC6254536
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