PI-RADS Upgrading Rules: Impact on Prostate Cancer Detection and Biopsy Avoidance of MRI-Directed Diagnostic Pathways
Eduardo Thadeu de Oliveira Correia, Andrei S. Purysko, Bruno Merz Paranhos, Jonathan E. Shoag, Anwar R. Padhani, Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt
Abstract
BACKGROUND. PI-RADS incorporates rules by which ancillary sequence findings upgrade a dominant score to a higher final category. Evidence on the upgrading rules' impact on diagnostic pathways remains scarce.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineProstate cancerBiopsyProstateRadiologyCancerCancer detectionBI-RADSInternal medicineBreast cancerMammographyProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMRI in cancer diagnosis