Editorial Comment: Advances in MRI and PET of the prostate: concurrence or complementarity?

Abstract

This Editorial Comment refers to the articles "Diagnostic evaluation of magnetization transfer and diffusion kurtosis imaging for prostate cancer detection in a re-biopsy population" by Barrett T et al., Eur Radiol. 2017 Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men. Although many of these tumours may be indolent and do not require treatment, prostate cancer is the third cause of mortality in Europe and the USA. Recent advances in management of PCa have become possible with improved staging and restaging, with multimodality imaging being instrumental. A rapid survey of recent issues of European Radiology confirms the vitality of the clinical research in modern noninvasive imaging of prostate cancer.