Tag: PI-RADS

If you grew up in a northern climate, winter brought snow. As a kid, you quickly learned that some snow was good “packing.” This meant you could make a snowman. A snowman is built from the bottom up, and requires a very large ball as the base. You start with a small sphere, and roll keep reading

Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) has been the biggest gamechanger in the prostate cancer world for the past 15 years. It has revolutionized not only the detection prostate cancer (PCa), but it can actually fine tune the diagnosis, treatment plan, and even the treatment itself. Traditionally, almost all aspects of PCa were within the specialty of urology, keep reading

Once upon a fairly recent time, radical prostatectomy (RP) was the treatment of choice for prostate cancer (PCa), even for high risk disease. There were two main reasons for this: It was believed that PCa was a multifocal disease scattered throughout the gland, even if too small to be picked up by biopsy. Therefore, aggressively keep reading

We all know how consumer demand spawns knockoffs of high-end goods, and how inferior the resulting imitations are. For instance, there’s a huge quality gap between a flea market “Rolex” vs. the original Swiss superstar. But a Rolex watch is not accessible for everyone, so in the interest of maintaining one’s image, compromise comes easily. keep reading

The question posed in the title is a worthy one, given the increasing attraction of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to medicine, specifically in detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa). Why do we need this? Is there something lacking in the way doctors have been performing? Well, not exactly. Radiologists and urologists who are experienced in keep reading

The blog below about PI-RADS v1.0, predated a revision, PI-RADS v2.0 by a year. Four years later another revision, PI-RADS v2.1, offered more specific descriptions and definitions in order to improve agreement among readers. Recent studies tested PI-RADS v2.1 compared with v2.0. keep reading

Old family photos going back two or more generations are often treasured mementos that lend depth and clarity to explorations into one’s ancestry. Inevitably, there will be some where the focus is not crisp, or there’s been water damage that obscures the image, raising the question, “Who is this person?” A magnifying glass may reveal keep reading

One of the most respected prostate cancer research facilities is the National Cancer Institute: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. Established under the National Cancer Institute Act of 1937, NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of 11 agencies that make keep reading

A new PI-RADS version improves earlier guidelines for more consistent image acquisition, interpretation, scoring and reporting... keep reading