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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Apr 18;31(6):947–952. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.02.007

Figure 1. Example of suspicious MRI findings in a patient with a large anterior tumor missed by systematic sampling but detected on the MRI-prompted biopsy.

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A, Axial T2-weighted fast spin echo image of the mid-third of the prostate. Tumor is not clearly demonstrated with this sequence. B, Corresponding color-coded DCE 3D T1-weighted gradient-echo image. The large anterior tumor is easily seen as a cluster of bright red pixels (arrows) with an asymmetric distribution compared to the contralateral side. C, Whole-mount histopathology proven Gleason 4+3 cancer (area delineated by the dotted line). Note that whole-mounts were available in selected patients as part of a large clinical trial, but were not used as the gold-standard.