Tag: mpMRI

• June 16, 2016
• Imaging & mpMRI
• Uncategorized

MRI/Ultrasound Fusion: Not Ready for Prime Time

When an authoritative person weighs in on a topic, we sit up and take notice. Dr. Ardeshir (Art) Rastinehead is an Interventional Urologic Oncologist and he is impressively credentialed. His experience includes fellowship training at the National Cancer Institute (NIH) with. Peter A. Pinto and Bradford J. Wood, pioneers in the research and development of keep reading

• January 11, 2016
• General Prostate

Multiparametric MRI Minimizes Biopsy Needles, Maximizes Accuracy

I recently posted a summary of an Italian study showing that MRI (mpMRI) was superior to other prostate cancer tests in terms of predicting the need for a repeat biopsy after a previously negative result. mpMRI is able to show if there is a need for another biopsy. This is happy news for patients, who dread having keep reading

• February 11, 2015
• Imaging & mpMRI

Let’s Speak the Same MRI Diagnostic Language

A man who is suspected of having prostate cancer, or whose cancer has been biopsy confirmed, can develop the best right treatment plan if he also has a multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of the prostate. When his own doctor sends him to an imaging center, his scan is “read” by the center’s radiologist who writes a keep reading

• December 25, 2014
• Imaging & mpMRI

From the RSNA: Poster on mpMRI and False Positive PCa

In case you missed my previous blog, I attended the Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) meeting in Chicago. Several poster presentations were devoted to multiparametric MRI of the prostate. In my last blog, I summarized a poster on mpMRI and imaging of the anterior zone of the prostate. This time, I’m reporting on another keep reading