Abstract

purpose was to evaluate the performance of cognitive target MRI-TRUS fusion biopsies of MRI detected PI-RADS (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System) 4 and 5 lesions. The correlation between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and Gleason outcome was also studied. METHODS: 52 consecutive patients in the period from 12/ 2013-06/2014 with increased PSA and PI-RADS 4 or 5 lesions on MRI (3T Siemens-skyra, protocol and reporting according to ESUR guidelines) were included. All patients underwent target biopsies using TRUS (B&K, Falcon 2101) which were performed by the same urologist and radiologist with MRI images and structured report available. In patients with a negative biopsy, MRI-guided biopsy was advised. A bi-variate pearson correlation was performed for ADC and Gleason outcome in positive cases. RESULTS: A total of 52 patients were included (16 PIRADS 4 and 36 PIRADS 5 lesions). Mean PSA and PSA-density value was respectively 9,88 (SD 6,1) and 0.20 (SD 0.11). Mean lesion size was 13.95 mm (SD 6.26 mm). 9 PIRADS 4 lesions (56%) and 26 PIRADS 5 lesions (72%) were found positive for prostate cancer. The correlation between the ADC value and histology outcome is showed in figure 1. Overall 67% of the biopsies were positive for prostate cancer using cognitive target MRI-TRUS fusion biopsies. The additional MRI-guidedbiopsies that were performed from the negative cases proved in 50% to be malignant (0/2 for PI-RADS 4 and 3/4 for PI-RADS 5 lesions). A significant correlation between ADC and Gleason value was found (-0.363 P<0.01) CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive target MRI-TRUS fusion biopsies are an effective first step in the evaluation of PIRADS 4 and 5 MRI detected lesions. Additional MRI-Guided-Biopsies of negative results for at least PIRADS 5 lesions are mandatory.

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