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MDPI, Cancers, 19(14), p. 4725, 2022

DOI: 10.3390/cancers14194725

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Clinical Application of the New Prostate Imaging for Recurrence Reporting (PI-RR) Score Proposed to Evaluate the Local Recurrence of Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy

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Abstract

Background: We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of the new Prostate Imaging for Recurrence Reporting (PI-RR) score and its inter-observer variability. Secondly, we compared the detection rate of PI-RR and PET and analyzed the correlation between Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels and the PI-RR score. Methods: We included in the analysis 134 patients submitted to multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for suspected local recurrence. The images were independently reviewed by two radiologists, assigning a value from 1 to 5 to the PI-RR score. Inter-observer agreement and diagnostic accuracy of the PI-RR score (compared to histopathological data, available for 19 patients) were calculated. The detection rate was compared to those of choline PET/CT (46 patients) and PSMA PET/CT (22 patients). The distribution of the PSA values in relation to the PI-RR scores was also analyzed. Results: The accuracy of the PI-RR score was 68.4%. The reporting agreement was excellent (K = 0.884, p < 0.001). The PI-RR showed a higher detection rate than choline PET/CT (69.6% versus 19.6%) and PSMA PET-CT (59.1% versus 22.7%). The analysis of the PSA distribution documented an increase in the PI-RR score as the PSA value increased. Conclusion: The excellent reproducibility of the PI-RR score supports its wide use in the clinical practice to standardize recurrence reporting. The detection rate of PI-RR was superior to that of PET, but was linked to the PSA level.