Noninvasive Detection of Clinically Occult Lymph-Node Metastases in Prostate Cancer

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Authors

Mukesh G. Harisinghani · Harvard University

Jelle O. Barentsz · Radboud University Medical Center

Peter F. Hahn · Massachusetts General Hospital

Willem M. L. L. G. Deserno · Radboud University Nijmegen

Shahin Tabatabaei · Harvard University

Christine Hulsbergen van de Kaa · Radboud University Nijmegen

Jean de la Rosette

Abstract

High-resolution MRI with magnetic nanoparticles allows the detection of small and otherwise undetectable lymph-node metastases in patients with prostate cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Urologic and reproductive health conditions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 348, Issue 25, pp. 2491-2499

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa022749

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