A novel approach to integrated prostate cancer diagnostics: insights from MRI, prostate biopsy, and pathology reports in a pilot study

BJU Int. 2024 Nov 12. doi: 10.1111/bju.16582. Online ahead of print.

Erik Thimansson^{1

2}, Elin Axén^{3

4}, Fredrik Jäderling^{5

6}, Johan Styrke⁷, Maria Nyberg⁴, Nina Hageman⁸, Johan Ivarsson⁹, Gert Malmberg¹⁰, Viktoria Gaspar¹¹, Magnus Törnblom¹²

¹ Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
² Department of Radiology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden.
³ Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenborg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Capio S:t Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Diagnostics and Intervention, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
⁸ The Swedish National Prostate Cancer Register, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Regional Cancer Centre West, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden.
¹⁰ Swedish Prostate Cancer Association, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹¹ Department of Pathology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden.
¹² Department of Surgery, Visby Hospital, Visby, Sweden.

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Keywords: MRI; biopsy feedback; integrated diagnostics; multidisciplinary; prostate cancer; structured reporting.

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