Clinical Study

Adherence to Guidelines among Italian Urologists on Imaging Preoperative Staging of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: Results from the MIRROR (Multicenter Italian Report on Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes and Research) Study

Table 3

Preoperative imaging staging among patients who could avoid it.

Gleason ≤ 6; PSA ≤ 20 ( )Gleason 7; PSA ≤ 20 (415)Gleason ≤ 7; PSA ≤ 20 (1478)

T-staging:567 (53.34%)238 (57.35%)805 (54.76%)
 CT514 (90.8%)213 (89.50%)727 (90.31%)
 eMRI26 (4.5%)8 (3.36%)34 (4.22%)
 MRI26 (4.5%)14 (5.88%)40 (4.97%)
 CT+MRI1 (0.2%)1 (0.42%)2 (0.25%)
 CT+eMRI01 (0.42%)1 (0.12%)
 MRI+eMRI01 (0.42%)1 (0.12%)
N-staging:545 (51.27%)244 (58.80%)789 (53.67%)
 CT499 (91.5%)209 (85.66%)708 (89.73%)
 MRI25 (4.6%)14 (5.74%)39 (4.94%)
 PET20 (3.7%)14 (5.74%)34 (4.31%)
 CT+PET1 (0.2%)5 (2.04%)6 (0.76%)
 MRI+PET01 (0.41%)1 (0.13%)
 CT+MRI01 (0.41%)1 (0.13%)
M-staging:757 (71.21%)322 (77.60%)1079 (73.40%)
 Bone scan757 (100%)100%100%