Fütterer Jurgen J
Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein zuid 10, NL 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Eur J Radiol. 2007 Sep;63(3):328-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.06.029. Epub 2007 Aug 8.
Clinical staging to differentiate between localized and advanced disease stage appear to be unreliable. Curative therapy can only be performed in patients with localized prostate cancer. Accurate staging is therefore especially important for proper disease management. Since 1984 magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been applied for this purpose. However, the role of MR imaging of the prostate is debated extensively in the literature. Initially MR imaging was performed using a conventional body coil with subsequent limited anatomical detail due to insufficient spatial resolution. With the introduction of new MR sequences, new coils and other technical developments numerous studies have attempted to improve local staging. The diagnostic capability of MR imaging in preoperative staging of prostate cancer is currently being established. In this review the role of MR imaging in staging prostate cancer is discussed.
用于区分局限性疾病阶段和晚期疾病阶段的临床分期似乎并不可靠。根治性治疗仅适用于局限性前列腺癌患者。因此，准确分期对于正确的疾病管理尤为重要。自1984年以来，磁共振（MR）成像已用于此目的。然而，前列腺MR成像的作用在文献中受到广泛争论。最初，MR成像使用传统体线圈进行，由于空间分辨率不足，随后的解剖细节有限。随着新的MR序列、新线圈和其他技术的发展，许多研究试图改善局部分期。目前正在确定MR成像在前列腺癌术前分期中的诊断能力。在本综述中，将讨论MR成像在前列腺癌分期中的作用。
