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CANCER INVESTIGATION
Volume 31, Issue 9, Pages 625-629Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2013.845673
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Diffusion-weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prostate cancer; ADC; Gleason score
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Objectives: To correlate the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of prostate cancer patients with pathological Gleason scores (GS). Methods: 40 patients with GS 2+ 3, 3+ 3, 3+ 4, or 4+ 4 were selected. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study was performed adding axial diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences to the standard MRI protocol. ADC values obtained were correlated with the GS data. Results: Statistically significant differences of ADC (p<.05) were found among GS groups with a trend of decreasing ADC values with increasing GS. Conclusions: The ADC values may help clinicians to delineate prostate carcinoma, recognizing its high- or low-grade compartments.
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