An Exploratory Study of Endorectal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Prostate as Preoperative Predictive Biomarkers of Biochemical Relapse After Radical Prostatectomy
- 31 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 184 (6), 2320-2327
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2010.07.037
Abstract
Purpose: Radical prostatectomy has significant side effects. Preoperative information predicting its long-term outcome would be valuable to patients and physicians. We determined whether pretreatment endorectal magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging predicts biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Materials and Methods: Of 202 patients who underwent endorectal magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging from January 2000 to December 2002 before radical prostatectomy 130 satisfied study inclusion criteria and were included in analysis. We compared imaging factors with potential predictive capability to biochemical recurrence data, including magnetic resonance imaging risk score based on local disease extent and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging index lesion characteristics, such as the number of voxels and degree of metabolic abnormality (magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging grade). We evaluated associations of these imaging variables with time to biochemical recurrence by Cox proportional hazards regression adjusted for known predictors of biochemical recurrence, such as stage, grade and prostate specific antigen. Results: At a median 68-month followup there were 26 biochemical failures. Risk score, lesion volume and high grade voxels each correlated with time to biochemical recurrence. In a model combining clinical parameters risk score, lesion volume and at least 1 high grade voxel the magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging variables remained significant but the magnetic resonance imaging score dropped out. Conclusions: Index lesion volume on magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and high grade magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging voxels correlate with time to biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy even when adjusted for clinical data. Results suggest the preoperative predictive usefulness of endorectal magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in patients considering radical prostatectomy.Keywords
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