Advancing Prostate Cancer Staging: A Single-Step Approach With Bi-parametric and Whole-Body Diffusion MRI in an African Cohort

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e59470
• Main Authors: Asafu Adjaye Frimpong, George, Aboagye, Evans, Asante, Emmanuel, Appiah, Kwaku Addai A, Owusu-Afriyie, Osei, Asare, Adwoa O, Atuobi, Dorcas, Akpaloo, Bernard D, Antwi, Bright
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2024
• Subjects: whole-body diffusion-weighted mri; biparametric mri; prostate cancer; staging; african men

 To document our initial experience using whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (WB-DWI/MRI) and bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) as a single exam in the staging of biopsy-proven prostate cancers. This retrospective study involved 120 African men with biopsy-confir...