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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Quantitative ADC: An Additional Tool in the Evaluation of Prostate Cancer?

Nicola Maria Lucarelli, Ilaria Villanova, Nicola Maggialetti, Sara Greco, Francesca Tarantino, Roberto Russo, Senia Maria Rosaria Trabucco, Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora, Arnaldo Scardapane

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicola Maria LucarelliInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Ilaria VillanovaInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Nicola MaggialettiInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0111-1346
Sara GrecoInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Francesca TarantinoInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Roberto RussoInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Senia Maria Rosaria TrabuccoSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Amato Antonio Stabile IanoraInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Arnaldo ScardapaneInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6116-5701
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer is one of the most common tumors among the male population. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), standardized by the PI-RADS version 2.1 scoring system, has a fundamental role in detecting prostate cancer and evaluating its aggressiveness. Diffusion-weighted imaging sequences and apparent diffusion coefficient values, in particular, are considered fundamental for the detection and characterization of lesions. In 2016 the International Society of Urological Pathology introduced a new anatomopathological 5-grade scoring system for prostate cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient values (ADC) derived from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences and the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) and PI-RADS groups. Our retrospective study included 143 patients with 154 suspicious lesions, observed on prostate magnetic resonance imaging and compared with the histological results of the biopsy. We observed that ADC values can aid in discriminating between not clinically significant (ISUP 1) and clinically significant (ISUP 2-5) prostate cancers. In fact, ADC values were lower in ISUP 5 lesions than in negative lesions. We also found a correlation between ADC values and PI-RADS groups; we noted lower ADC values in the PI-RADS 5 and PI-RADS 4 groups than in the PI-RADS 3 group. In conclusion, quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient values can be useful to assess the aggressiveness of prostate cancer.

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diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)ISUPmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)PIRADSprostate cancerquantitative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)

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PMID37763146
PMCPMC10533005
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