Purpose
To assess the performance of the updated Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADSv2) and the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) for predicting confirmatory biopsy results in patients considered for active surveillance of prostate cancer (PCA).
Methods
IRB-approved, retrospective study of 371-consecutive men with clinically low-risk PCA (initial biopsy Gleason score≤6, prostate-specific-antigen<10ng/ml, clinical stage≤T2a) who underwent 3T-prostate MRI before confirmatory biopsy. Two independent radiologists recorded the PI-RADSv2 scores and measured the corresponding ADC values in each patient. A composite score was generated to assess the performance of combining PI-RADSv2+ADC.
Results
PCA was upgraded on confirmatory biopsy in 107/371 (29%) patients. Inter-reader agreement was substantial (PI-RADSv2: k=0.73; 95%CI [0.66–0.80]; ADC: r=0.74; 95%CI [0.69–0.79]). Accuracies, sensitivities, specificities, positive, negative predicted values of PI-RADSv2 were 85%, 89%, 83%, 68%, 95% and 78%, 82%, 76%, 58%, 91% for ADC. PI-RADSv2 accuracy was significantly higher than that of ADC for predicting biopsy upgrade (p=0.014). The combined PI-RADSv2+ADC composite score did not perform better than PI-RADSv2 alone. Obviating biopsy in patients with PI-RADSv2 score ≤3 would have missed Gleason Score upgrade in 12/232 (5%) of patients.
Conclusion
PI-RADSv2 was superior to ADC measurements for predicting PCA upgrading on confirmatory biopsy.