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Despite recent improvements in detection and treatment, prostate cancer continues to be the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Thus, although survival rate continues to improve, prostate cancer remains a compelling medical health problem. The major goal of prostate cancer imaging in the next decade will be more accurate disease characterization through the synthesis of anatomic, functional, and molecular imaging information in order to plan the most appropriate therapeutic strategy. No consensus exists regarding the use of imaging for evaluating primary prostate cancer. However, conventional and functional imaging are expanding their role in detection and local staging and, moreover, functional imaging is becoming of great importance in oncologic management and monitoring of therapy response. This review presents a multidisciplinary perspective on the role of conventional and functional imaging methods in prostate cancer staging.
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Diagnóstico por Imagem , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Imagem de Difusão por Ressonância Magnética , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Humanos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Invasividade Neoplásica , Estadiamento de Neoplasias/métodos , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
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