Emerging News and Research in Prostate Cancer Imaging — July 2024

For patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, those with lower apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on pre-treatment DWI MRI had a fourfold higher prevalence of distant metastasis in a study with a 10.3-year median follow-up.

Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.

For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), researchers found that (177Lu)Lu-PSMA-I&T led to a PSA50 response in over 44 percent of patients with no reports of grade 3 or worse renal toxicity, according to a newly published multicenter study.

Given the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and a staggering number of people with dementia who are undiagnosed, this author discusses five essential keys for radiologists and their colleagues to facilitate earlier detection, precision care treatment and monitoring to help ensure timely care and intervention.

For patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), there was a 40 percent improvement in cognitive failure-free survival (CFFS) with brain MRI alone in comparison to the combination of brain MRI and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), according to research presented at the ASTRO conference.

Constant grumbling from an attending radiologist about the road ahead may be a sign that his or her best teaching years may be in the rear-view mirror.

Catch up on a variety of FDA news in radiology from the past week.

Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.