Molecular Imaging 2017

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Staging
Not visible on MRI
 T1: Clinically inapparent
 Tumour neither palpable nor
visible by imaging
 T1a: incidental histologic
finding in ≤5% of resected
tissue
 T1b: incidental histologic
finding in >5% of resected
tissue
 T1c: identified by needle
biopsy
Visible on MRI
 T2: Confined to prostate
 T2a: ≤ one half of one lobe
 T2b : >one half of one lobe
 T2c: involves both lobes