title: Prostate magnetic resonance imaging for brachytherapists: Diagnosis, imaging pitfalls, and post-therapy assessment.
abstract: Optimal integration of multiparametric MRI (mp MRI) into prostate brachytherapy practice necessitates an understanding of imaging findings pertinent to prostate cancer detection and staging. This review will summarize prostate cancer imaging findings and tumor staging on mp MRI, including an overview of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PIRADS)-structured reporting schema, mp MRI findings observed in the post-therapy setting including cases of post-treatment recurrence, and MRI concepts integral to successful salvage brachytherapy.
authors.affiliation: Section of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: avenkatesan@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.affiliation: Section of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Novi, MI.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Novi, MI.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
keywords: Anatomy; Brachytherapy; MRI; Multiparametric MRI; Prostate; Prostate cancer