Clinical application and progress of functional MRI on post-treatment evaluation of prostate cancer
GUO Yu
GUO Zhi
SHEN Wen
Abstract：In clinical practice, post-treatment evaluation of prostate cancer (PCa) mainly depends on the serum level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), but it is influenced by many factors. Currently, the main evaluation index of tumor is the change of tumor volume which lags behind the functional changes, such as tumor cell necrosis and vascular atresia. The evaluation of therapy effect accurately and detection the residual tumor and recurrence in the early stage are very important. A variety of functional MRI techniques, including dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), have played important roles in the early diagnosis of PCa. We reviewed the application of multiple functional MRI in the post-treatment evaluation and follow-up of PCa.
Keywords：Prostate cancerDiffusion weighted imagingDynamic contrast enhanced MRIMagnetic resonance spectroscopyTherapeutic evaluation
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 395-399,415 )