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  • Title: Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Ratio Versus Conventional ADC for Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer With 3-T MRI.
    Author: Bajgiran AM, Mirak SA, Sung K, Sisk AE, Reiter RE, Raman SS.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 2019 Sep; 213(3):W134-W142. PubMed ID: 31216201.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the apparent diffusion coefficient ratio (ADCratio; the ADC of the suspected prostate cancer [PCa] focus on MRI divided by the ADC in a noncancerous reference area) with that of conventional ADC for detection of high-grade PCa (Gleason score [GS] ≥ 3 + 4) versus low-grade PCa (GS = 3 + 3) with whole-mount (WM) histopathologic analysis used as a reference. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The cohort of this retrospective study included 218 men with 240 unilateral PCa lesions assessed by both 3-T multiparametric MRI and whole-mount histopathologic analysis. ROIs were placed on individual lesions verified by WM histopathologic analysis, to calculate the mean ADC (ADCtumor_mean) and lowest ADC within each lesion (ADCtumor_min), and within non-tumor-containing regions of the same tumor zone but on the contralateral side (ADCbenign), to calculate the background ADC. The ADCratio_mean (the ADCtumor_mean divided by the ADCbenign) was calculated. The performance of individual ADCtumor and ADCratio_mean values in discriminating PCa with a GS of 3 + 3 from PCa with a GS of 3 + 4 or greater was assessed using the AUC value. RESULTS. The ADCratio_mean had a higher AUC value for discriminating PCa lesions with a GS of 3 + 3 from those with a GS of 3 + 4 or greater (the AUC value increased from 0.70 using the ADCtumor_mean and 0.67 using the ADCtumor_min [the minimum ADC of the PCa lesion] to 0.80 for the ADCratio_mean and 0.72 for the ADCratio_min [the ADCtumor_min divided by the ADCbenign]; p = 0.043). When stratified by PCa zonal location, the ADCratio_mean had significantly more robust accuracy in the transition zone (the AUC value increased from 0.63 for ADCtumor_mean to 0.87 for ADCratio_mean; p = 0.019) compared with the peripheral zone (the AUC value increased from 0.74 for ADCtumor_mean to 0.78 for ADCratio_mean; p = 0.44). When analyzed on the basis of endorectal coil use, the ADCratio_mean performed nonsignificantly better in both the endorectal coil and non-endorectal coil subcohorts, although it performed better in the former. CONCLUSION. As an intrapatient-normalized diagnostic tool, the ADC ratio provided the best AUC value for discrimination of low-grade from high-grade PCa on 3-T MRI.
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