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    • Radiation Therapy
    • Small Volume Low Grade Disease
    • Active Surveillance
    • Example of Change to Nerve Sparing
    • Extracapsular Extension and Seminal Vesicle Invasion
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1) Radiation Therapy Follow-Up

Radiation Therapy Follow-Up

  • 69 year-old, BPH gradual
  • PSA rise 1.6 → 4.8 ng/dl
  • Abnormal digital rectal exam → Biopsy: Gleason 5+4=9
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2) Small Volume, Low Grade Disease

Small Volumn Low Grade Disease

  • 60 year-old
  • PSA 3.6
  • 5 of 6 right biopsies GS3+3
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3) Active Surveillance Example 1

Active Surveillance Example 1

  • (Initial MRI order was for surgical planning)
  • 65 year-old
  • PSA 3 → 11 over 6 months
  • Microfocus of Gleason 3+3
  • Initial report : No posterior disease
  • Targeted Biopsy consult prompted 2nd look
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4) Example of Change to Nerve Sparing

Example of Change to Nerve Sparing

  • 59 year-old
  • PSA 4.3
  • standard biopsy: 3+3=6 but large volume left
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5) Extracapsular Extension and Seminal Vesicle Invasion by MRI + Spectroscopy and Pathology

Extracapsular Extension and Seminal Vesicle Invasion by MRI

  • 59 year-old male
  • PSA level: 10
  • Clinical staging: T1C
  • Blind systematic biopsy results: Gleason: 3+4=7 in the Left prostate
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6) Dynamic Contrast-Enhancement for Biochemical Failure

Dynamic Contrast-Enhancement for Biochemical Failure

  • Elevated PSA after prostatectomy
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7) MR-Guided Targeted Biopsy

MR-Guided Targeted Biopsy

  • 63 y/o, PSA 8.8 → 13.2 over 5 years
  • All systematic biopsies negative
  • Hypointense left anterior lesion with restricted diffusion is moderately suspicious, not in biopsy zone
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8) Benign Disease (Infertility)

Benign Disease (Infertility)

  • Young man presents with infertility (azospermia)
  • Workup and medical history otherwise noncontributory
  • Muellerian duct remnant in central upper prostate may obstruct ejaculatory ducts
  • Left seminal vesicles are atrophic
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