MRI of the Prostate. A Practical Approach

Description

Although prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the USA, it can be treated successfully if detected early. Disease management has graduallychanged to a paradigm that relies on close monitoring through active surveillance in select patients, as well as ongoing refinements in treatment interventions, including minimallyinvasive procedures. This has resulted in a critical need for a more exacting methodology for performing targeted biopsies, assessing risk levels, and devising treatmentstrategies. Prostate MRI has emerged as the most precise, state-of-the-art imaging modality for prostate cancer diagnosis and management, thereby creating an immediatedemand for radiologists to become proficient in its use.

Conceived and edited by a leading authority, with contributions from renowned experts in the field, MRI of the Prostate: A Practical Approach is the first book to tackle thisimportant topic. It provides an overview of the fundamentals of prostate MRI acquisition, interpretation, and reporting. Readers will benefit from a wide range of insightfulperspectives gleaned from years of hands-on experience.

Key Highlights

• ProstateImagingReporting and Data System (PI-RADS) forprostate MRI interpretation and cancerriskscoring
• Clinicalpearlsontheoptimization and application of prostate MRI forriskassessment, diseasestaging, MRI-targetedbiopsy, recurrentdisease, and active surveillance
• Theemergingutilization of PET and PET/MRI forprimaryprostatecancerevaluation
• More than 700 illustrationswithoneentirelyimage-basedchapterfeaturingeducational case studies

Radiologists will learn how to optimally perform and interpret prostate MRI, and referring physicians will learn to integrate it into day-to-day practice. This book is an essentialresource for radiologists and radiology residents, as well as urologists, oncologists, MRI technicians, and other medical practitioners who treat patients with genitourinarydisorders.