Incorporating imaging into personalized medicine for the detection of prostate cancer: Pharmacological research-Urogenital pharmacology

Pharmacol Res. 2016 Dec:114:163-165. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.10.020. Epub 2016 Oct 21.

Abstract

Imaging has played an important role in the administration of personalized medicine. From diagnosing diseases to guiding therapies, imaging has become an all-encompassing modality. With respect to prostate cancer, personalized management of the disease has been transformed by imaging. Specifically, multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a vital player in the detection, characterization, and localization of the disease thus making the incorporation of imaging in personalized prostate cancer management integral. In this review, the current role of imaging in personalized medicine for the management of prostate cancer is discussed.

Keywords: Imaging; MRI; Personalized medicine; Prostate; Prostate cancer; mpMRI.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Precision Medicine / methods*
  • Prostate / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostate / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy