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Imaging in oncology from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: diagnosis, staging, and surveillance of prostate cancer.

Kundra V, Silverman PM, Matin SF, Choi H

Department of Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 57, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA. vkundra@di.mdacc.tmc.edu

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to discuss the epidemiology, risk factors, and presentation of prostate cancer. After reviewing the prostate anatomy, the article will show how imaging plays an important role in establishing the diagnosis, staging, and monitoring the therapeutic response in prostate cancer, with a focus on adenocarcinomas. CONCLUSION: Imaging studies, in the appropriate laboratory and clinical context, contribute essential information that enhances the capacity to provide individualized risk stratification, a suitable treatment strategy, and monitoring for the patient with prostate cancer.

Published 21 September 2007 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 189(4): 830-44.
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