M.P. Меlnychuk, О.О. Lyulko, A.Z. Zhuravchak

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer diagnostics

The article is dedicated to problem of significant prostate cancer diagnostics. Disadvantages of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy which lead to insufficient method’s sensitivity are analised. A lot of attention is given to opportunity of use of multiparametric mri before biopsy for determination and marking of suspicious tissue regions. Received data allow to make a conclusion about increase of prostate biopsy sensitivity with the help of prior mri and about increase of significant prostate cancer detection rate. It is shown that the use of mri decreases the amount of biopsy samples and reduces complication rate. The authors conclude that multiparametric mri is a perspective method for prostate cancer detection which needs to be improved on the base of further investigations.