The management of advanced prostate cancer has changed substantially with the availability of multiple effective novel treatments, which has led to improved disease survival. In the era of personalized cancer treatments, more precise imaging may help physicians deliver better care.
More accurate local staging and earlier detection of metastatic disease, accurate identification of oligometastatic disease, and optimal assessment of treatment response are areas where modern imaging is rapidly evolving and expanding. Next-generation imaging modalities, including whole-body MRI and molecular imaging with combined PET and CT and combined PET and MRI using novel radiopharmaceuticals, create new opportunities for imaging to support and refine management pathways in patients with advanced prostate cancer. This article demonstrates the potential and challenges of applying next-generation imaging to deliver the clinical promise of treatment breakthroughs.
Radiology. 2019 Jun 25 [Epub]
Raquel Perez-Lopez, Nina Tunariu, Anwar R Padhani, Wim J G Oyen, Stefano Fanti, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Aurelius Omlin, Michael J Morris, Johann de Bono, Dow-Mu Koh
From the Radiomics Group, Vall D’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain (R.P.L.); Departments of Radiology (N.T., D.M.K.) and Nuclear Medicine (W.J.G.O.), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton SM2 5PT, England; Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, England (A.R.P.); Divisions of Radiotherapy and Imaging (W.J.G.O., D.M.K.) and Clinical Studies & Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group (J.d.B.), Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, England; Departments of Radiology (S.F.) and Genitourinary Oncology Service and Medicine (M.J.M.), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Oncology and Haematology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (H.A.V., A.O.); Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (H.A.V., A.O.); and Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (M.J.M.).