The role of 3-tesla diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in selecting prostate cancer patients for active surveillance

Differentiating significant cancer from insignificant cancer is a major challenge in active surveillance (AS) for prostate cancer. We evaluated whether the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) grade from 3-T diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is useful to exclude men with unfavor...

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Main Authors: Chang Wook Jeong, Yong Hyun Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Prostate International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287888215300660