Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1088, USA.
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2013 Aug;25(8):451-60. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2013.05.001. Epub 2013 May 27.
Prostate cancer is currently the most common solid organ cancer type among men in the Western world. Currently, all decision-making algorithms and nomograms rely on demographics, clinicopathological data and symptoms. Such an approach can easily miss significant cancers while detecting many insignificant cancers. In this review, novel functional and molecular imaging techniques used in the diagnosis and staging of localised prostate cancer and their effect on treatment decisions are discussed.
目前,前列腺癌是西方世界男性中最常见的实体器官癌症类型。目前,所有的决策算法和诺莫图都依赖于人口统计学、临床病理数据和症状。这种方法很容易错过重要的癌症,同时检测到许多不重要的癌症。在这篇综述中,讨论了用于诊断和分期局限性前列腺癌的新型功能和分子成像技术及其对治疗决策的影响。