Comparison between ADC and standardized ADC value in diagnosing malignancy degree of prostate cancer / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value and the standardized apparent dif‐fusion coefficient (ADC) value in diagnosing malignancy degree of prostate cancer .Methods Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) results of 34 patients with prostate cancer proved pathologically were retrospectively analyzed .The ADC values in 49 lesions and normal peripheral zones of the prostates of the patients were measured .Then ,ADC values of the lesions were calculated .According to the results of Gleason score ,the lesions were divided into 3 groupsGleason score≤6 (low‐risk group) ,Gleason score=7 (inter‐mediate‐risk group) and Gleason score≥8 (high‐risk group) .Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the differences of the ADC values and sADC values in three groups ,and to evaluate the correlation between Gleason score and ADC value or sADC value . Results There were statistically differences overall in ADC values and sADC values of the three groups (P 0 .05) ,however ,there were difference between sADC values of three groups each other (P0 .05) .However ,when change the specificity to 100% ,sADC had higher sensitivity than ADC values (47 .5% vs .5 .6% ,78 .2% vs .50 .9% ) in differentiating low‐risk from inter‐mediate‐risk group ,and low‐risk from high‐risk group .Conclusion ADC value and sADC value showed all negative correlation with Gleason score ,but sADC value may be of higher performance in diagnosing malignancy degree of prostate cancer .