Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Should Be Preferred Over Digital Rectal Examination for Prostate Cancer Local Staging and Disease Risk Classification

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 147; pp. 205 - 212
• Main Authors: Soeterik, Timo F.W., van Melick, Harm H.E, Dijksman, Lea M., Biesma, Douwe H., Witjes, J. Alfred, van Basten, Jean-Paul A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Digital Rectal Examination; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasm Staging; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Risk Assessment

To assess the impact of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) local tumor staging on prostate cancer risk stratification and choice of treatment. Prostate cancer patients, newly diagnosed from 2017 to 2018 at 7 Dutch teaching hospitals were included. Risk group classification was done...