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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Aug;44(8):2864–2873. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-02023-1

Table 4:

Associations of MRI features and unfavorable findings on prostatectomy histopathology.

Variable No Adverse Feature (n=23) Any Adverse Feature (n=18)
p-Value
AUA Risk (%)  High 0 (0.0) 2 (11.1) 0.161
 Intermediate 13 (56.5) 12 (66.7)
 Low 10 (43.5) 4 (22.2)
Prolaris® Results Median CCR score [range] 3.1 [2.2, 5.5] 3.8 [1.8, 4.7] 0.049

Relative Risk (%) 0.311
 Less Aggressive 6 (26.1) 4 (22.2)
 Consistent 12 (52.2) 6 (33.3)
 More Aggressive 5 (21.7) 8 (44.4)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features Reader 1 Reader 2
No Any p-Value No Any p-Value


PI-RADSv2 scores (%) 0.036 0.779
 2 2 (8.7) 1 (5.6) 3 (13.0) 1 (5.6)
 3 6 (26.1) 5 (27.8) 7 (30.4) 5 (27.8)
 4 15 (65.2) 7 (38.9) 12 (52.2) 10 (55.6)
 5 0 (0) 5 (27.8) 1 (4.3) 2 (11.1)
Extracapsular Extension (%) 1 (4.3) 9 (50.0) 0.001 0 (0.0) 9 (50.0) <0.001
Median Tumor Length on T2w images (mm)[range] 7.0 [0.0, 17.9] 11.1 [0.0, 29.3] 0.070 7.4 [0.0, 16.6] 11.2 [0.0, 26.8] 0.166
Median Tumor Length on ADC maps (mm)[ [range] 7.5 [0.0, 18.0] 11.6 [0.0, 28.1] 0.052 7.3 [0.0, 17.2] 10.6 [0.0, 27.0] 0.201
Median Tumor Volume on ADC maps (cm3)[ [range] 0.28 [0.0. 3.51] 0.54 [0.0, 3.28] 0.293 0.26 [0.0, 3.38] 0.60 [0.0, 3.67] 0.253
Median Tumor ADC values (mm2/s) [range] 1.04 [0.6, 1.73] 0.89 [0.42, 1.87] 0.331 0.94 [0.58, 1.9] 0.95 [0.42, 1.88] 0.854
Median Tumor Volume with Markedly Restricted Diffusion (cm3) [range] 0.07 [0.0, 2.26] 0.21 [0.0, 2.88] 0.125 0.10 [0.0, 2.23] 0.15 [0.0, 3.25] 0.255

Abbreviations: ADC Apparent Diffusion Coefficient, AUA American Urologic Association, CCR Cell Cycle Risk, PI-RADSv2 Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2