Magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer screening

JAMA Oncology

2024-04-05

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that integrating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in prostate cancer screening pathways is associated with a reduced number of unnecessary biopsies and overdiagnosis of insignificant prostate cancer while maintaining clinically significant prostate cancer detection as compared with prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-only screening.

Authors: Shahrokh F. Shariat, M.D., D.Dr.(hc), of Medical University Vienna in Vienna, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.0734)

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