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Genetic correlates of prostate cancer visibility (and invisibility) on mpMRI: It's time to take stock

Norris, JM; Simpson, BS; Parry, MA; Kasivisvanathan, V; Allen, C; Ball, R; Freeman, A; ... Emberton, M; + view all (2020) Genetic correlates of prostate cancer visibility (and invisibility) on mpMRI: It's time to take stock. BJU International , 125 (3) pp. 340-342. 10.1111/bju.14919. Green open access

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Abstract

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has enhanced risk stratification for men at risk of prostate cancer, through accurate pre‐biopsy detection of high‐risk disease. However, it has become apparent that not all clinically significant prostate cancer is detected by mpMRI. Approximately 10‐20% of significant disease is invisible to mpMRI, depending on the threshold set for significance, and on the quality of mpMRI acquisition and interpretation. The threshold for significance has recently been challenged by the 29‐year follow‐up of the SPCG‐4 study, in which men with overall Gleason score 3 + 4 did not suffer prostate‐cancer‐related death, whilst those with overall Gleason score 4 + 3 did suffer prostate‐cancer related death (adjusted relative risk 5.73; 95% CI 1.59–20.67) potentially suggesting a new threshold for clinically significant disease. This finding is important, given that in PROMIS, no men with overall Gleason score 4 + 3 had negative pre‐biopsy mpMRI, indicating that actually mpMRI may identify all truly significant cancer (if SPCG‐4 is used to guide our threshold). Nonetheless, over the past two years, there has been increasing drive to better understand the nature of mpMRI‐inconspicuous disease, particularly at the molecular level.

Type: Article
Title: Genetic correlates of prostate cancer visibility (and invisibility) on mpMRI: It's time to take stock
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/bju.14919
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.14919
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Epigenetics, genetics, genomics, multiparametric MRI, prostate cancer, transcriptomics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Targeted Intervention
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083940
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