Imaging of the Prostate

Though well illustrated, Imaging of the Prostate is not a coffee-table book. It is a serious attempt to bring together matters that, I suspect, are ill-understood by urologists and radiologists alike. In urology, transrectal ultrasound is used mainly as a guide for biopsy placement, MRI or CT being requested for staging of prostate cancer before definitive treatment. Many urologists take the view that neither ultrasound nor MRI can exclude prostatic cancer, and contributors to this book seem to agree. The work is excellently illustrated and the radiological anatomy is well described (although the terms inner and outer gland are not used in the UK). The sections on benign conditions are comprehensive and useful. There is also a section on therapy. Essentially this is a work by radiologists for radiologists, but urologists who perform a large number of prostatic biopsies and ultrasounds will find it a useful source of reference when something odd is seen on a routine biopsy scan. I suspect it will also be a good addition to the radiologist's library.