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February 28, 2018American Journal of Roentgenology

Diagnostic Utility of a Likert Scale Versus Qualitative Descriptors and Length of Capsular Contact for Determining Extraprostatic Tumor Extension at Multiparametric Prostate MRI

Daniel N. Costa Niccolò Passoni John R. Leyendecker Alberto Diaz de Leon Yair Lotan Claus G. Roehrborn Susana Otero-Muinelo Harpreet Grewal Yin Xi Franto Francis Neil M. Rofsky Iván Pedrosa

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Abstract

A Likert score conveying the degree of suspicion at multiparametric MRI is a stronger predictor of EPE than is either ESUR score or TCL and may facilitate informed decision making, patient counseling, and treatment planning.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9a8eba1d151c65f684c89 https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.17.18849

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