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ArticleNature cancer2025

An MRI-pathology foundation model for noninvasive diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer.

Lizhi Shao, Chao Liang, Ye Yan, Haibin Zhu, Xiaoming Jiang, Meiling Bao, Pan Zang, Xiazi Huang, Hongyu Zhou, Pei Nie and 4 more

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Article in Nature cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07614256 (A Multicenter Study of a Deep Learning Model Based on Spatial Registration of Multimodal Imaging and Digital Pathology for Predicting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2 · The registry

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A Multicenter Study of a Deep Learning Model Based on Spatial Registration of Multimodal Imaging and Digital Pathology for Predicting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorGuangxi Medical UniversityRan2025 to 2030Enrolled3,000ConditionsProstate Cancer (Diagnosis), Clinically Significant Prostate CancerArmsNo Intervention: Observational Cohort
3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Lizhi Shao *School of Internet, Anhui University, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8974-6540
Chao Liang *Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Ye Yan *Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Haibin Zhu *Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6239-6333
Xiaoming JiangChongqing Engineering Research Center of Medical Electronics and Information Technology, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China.
Meiling BaoDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Pan ZangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Xiazi HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Hongyu ZhouDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Pei NieDepartment of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. niepei@qdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4572-6545
Liang WangDepartment of Radiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. 1311935212@qq.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-2609
Jie LiDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China. drc_lijie@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0260-1611
Shudong ZhangDepartment of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China. zhangshudong@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3370-3365
Shancheng RenDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. Renshancheng@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-7888

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82125025,82330091National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82302316Shanghai Municipal Education Commission 2023ZKZD46Shanghai Shen Kang Hospital Development Center SHDC12022117,SHDC2022CRT005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer is a leading health concern for men, yet current clinical assessments of tumor aggressiveness rely on invasive procedures that often lead to inconsistencies. There remains a critical need for accurate, noninvasive diagnosis and grading methods. Here we developed a foundation model trained on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and paired pathology data for noninvasive diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer. Our model, MRI-based Predicted Transformer for Prostate Cancer (MRI-PTPCa), was trained under contrastive learning on nearly 1.3 million image-pathology pairs from over 5,500 patients in discovery, modeling, external and prospective cohorts. During real-world testing, prediction of MRI-PTPCa demonstrated consistency with pathology and superior performance (area under the curve above 0.978; grading accuracy 89.1%) compared with clinical measures and other prediction models. This work introduces a scalable, noninvasive approach to prostate cancer diagnosis and grading, offering a robust tool to support clinical decision-making while reducing reliance on biopsies.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingProstatic NeoplasmsAgedHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultiparametric Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasm GradingProspective Studies

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