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From PSA Concern to a Meaningful Diagnosis

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From PSA Concern to a Meaningful Diagnosis
From PSA Concern to a Meaningful Diagnosis. The actual axial T2-weighted MRI shows a right anterior transition-zone tumor identified by the source authors; TZ means transition zone. MRI: Bhavsar and Verma, 2014, CC BY 3.0; https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/728539; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
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Vertical diagnostic pathway from persistent clinical suspicion through prostate MRI, PI-RADS suspicion assessment and a decision about whether biopsy would change care. Yes leads to targeted cores with or without systematic sampling and pathology; No stops before sampling. The embedded authentic axial T2-weighted MRI has original white arrowheads marking the anterior contour beside a right anterior transition-zone tumor identified by its source authors. TZ means transition zone. No PI-RADS score is assigned to the scan.