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MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco suggests that Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help predict the risk of cancer recurrence in prostate cancer patients who are about to have radiation therapy. Experts concluded that the presence and degree of “extracapsular extension” (the spread of cancer beyond the membrane surrounding the prostate gland) that could be seen on the pre-treatment MRI images was an important predictor of post-treatment cancer recurrence and spread.

The study was published in the April issue of the journal Radiology and also reports that those having radiation therapy may want to request more aggressive therapy.