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MR Imaging of the Prostate

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The widespread use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a screening test for prostate cancer resulted in earlier detection of high-grade prostate cancer at a curative stage. However, insignificant cancers are often detected which lead to overtreatment of low-risk disease (Krakowsky et al. 2010). The prevalence of prostate cancer increases with age; 34 % of men in the fifth decade of life and up to 70 % aged 80 years or older have histologic evidence of prostate cancer (Bonekamp et al. 2011).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands

    Jurgen J. Fütterer MD, PhD

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  1. Biofoundation for angiogenesis Research and Development, Bard Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

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    Jurgen J. Fütterer

  3. Sperling Prostate Center, Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA

    Dan Sperling

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Fütterer, J.J. (2014). MR Imaging of the Prostate. In: Bard, R., Fütterer, J., Sperling, D. (eds) Image Guided Prostate Cancer Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40429-0_7

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