title: Imaging in prostate cancer.
abstract: Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men, in general. Most patients diagnosed with prostate cancer have localized disease confined to the prostate. A small percentage of patients with aggressive tumors will progress to develop local, extracapsular tumor extension and distant metastases. The aim of prostate cancer management is to identify and treat those patients with aggressive disease before they develop locally advanced or metastatic disease, and to avoid overtreating indolent tumors, which are unlikely to be life threatening. Imaging has been shown to be valuable in local staging of prostate cancer and as an aid to the management of clinically significant disease. In this article, we discuss the different established imaging modalities and emerging techniques for prostate cancer imaging in patients with clinically localized disease who may be suitable for radical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Radiology Department, Derriford Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK. adel.abdellaoui@gmail.com
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdellaoui
authors.forename: Srikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology