Optimal cut-off value of perfusion parameters for diagnosing prostate cancer and for assessing aggressiveness associated with Gleason score

Eunkyung Cho, Dong Jin Chung, Dong Myung Yeo, Dongwan Sohn, Yohan Son, Taejung Kim, Sung Tae Hahn

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Abstract

To determine cut-off value of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters for differentiation of prostate malignant from benign and cancer with high-grade Gleason score (GS) (GS>7) from low-grade GS (GS≤7), 35 patients (24 malignant and 11 benign) who underwent DCE-MRI were included. Difference between malignant and benign was statistically significant for all magnetic resonance parameters except Ve. The cut-off values were Ktrans=0.184min-1, Kep=0.695min-1, iAUC=4.219mmol/l/min, and ADC=1340.5mm2/s. A significant difference in mean values of Ktrans and Kep between cancer with high-grade GS and low-grade GS was also observed. Ktrans and Kep showed a significant correlation with GS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)834-840
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Imaging
Volume39
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015

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Keywords

  • Cut-off value
  • DCE-MRI
  • Gleason's score
  • Perfusion parameter
  • Prostate cancer

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