title: Magnetic resonance imaging for prostate cancer clinical application.
abstract: As prostate cancer is a biologically heterogeneous disease for which a variety of treatment options are available, the major objective of prostate cancer imaging is to achieve more precise disease characterization. In clinical practice, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the imaging tools for the evaluation of prostate cancer, the fusion of MRI or dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) with magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) is improving the evaluation of cancer location, size, and extent, while providing an indication of tumor aggressiveness. This review summarizes the role of MRI in the application of prostate cancer and describes molecular MRI techniques (including MRSI and DCE-MRI) for aiding prostate cancer management.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China ; Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hanfeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yayong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiao
keywords: Prostate cancer; functional MRI; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); molecular MRI