Sinopsis

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.