Declared competing interests of authors: ARP has received reporting fees from Nuada Medical Prostate Care for patients with prostate cancer who were scanned at their medical facilities. JR has received consultancy honoraria and payment for lectures, expert testimony and travel/accommodation/meetings expenses from GlaxoSmithKline, and consultancy honoraria, payment for lectures and travel/ accommodation/meetings expenses from Ipsen. TS has received payment for travel/accommodation/ meeting expenses from multiple sources and his institution has received payment from Siemens Healthcare for a research collaboration.
Published May 2013 DOI: 10.3310/hta17200This report should be referenced as follows:Mowatt G, Scotland G, Boachie C, Cruickshank M, Ford JA, Fraser C, et al. The diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and enhanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques in aiding the localisation of prostate abnormalities for biopsy: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2013;17(20). This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).
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This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HTA programme as project number 09/146/01. The contractual start date was in August 2010. The draft report began editorial ...