ESR Essentials: MRI-based T-staging in prostate cancer-practice recommendations by the European Society of Urogenital Radiology - PubMed
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- #Prostate cancer
- #MRI-based T-staging
- #Standardization
- MRI-based T-staging in prostate cancer improves treatment decisions compared to traditional clinical T-staging.
- Standardization of MRI-based T-staging is recommended to enhance reproducibility and clinical integration.
- Use 'mr' prefix for MRI-based T-staging and 'extraprostatic extension' as the official radiologic term.
- Subclassify mrT3a disease into 'focal' and 'established' extraprostatic extension for better risk stratification.
- Quality assurance programs and standardized protocols are essential for interinstitutional consistency.
- Incorporating proposed terminology into structured reports aids in refining risk stratification and treatment decisions.
- Adoption of reproducible MRI-derived parameters reduces interpretation variability and improves reader reproducibility.