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Unlike in the other studies;
We evaluated both radiologic and histopathologic lesion length (LL) along with TCL for the detection of EPE. We obtained cutoff values for all.
We used the most recent version of the PI-RADS (v2.1) while evaluating mpMRI. On the other hand, most of these studies were performed using 3T MRI scanners. Endorectal coils were also utilized in some cases. In our study, we evaluated the effectiveness of the mpMRI obtained with a 1.5T MR device without an endorectal coil, which is a commonly used method in many centers for EPE detection.
We used not only the Gleason score but also the ISUP grading while evaluating the correlation with EPE.
In addition, we think that the presence of two independent observers in the design of our study increases the reliability of the results.