1.Prostate health index can stratify patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions on magnetic resonance imaging to reduce prostate biopsies.
John Shung-Lai LEUNG ; Wai-Kit MA ; Brian Sze-Ho HO ; Stacia Tsun-Tsun CHUN ; Rong NA ; Yongle ZHAN ; Chi-Yuen NG ; Chi-Ho IP ; Ada Tsui-Lin NG ; Yiu-Chung LAM
Asian Journal of Andrology 2023;26(1):20-24
We aim to evaluate prostate health index as an additional risk-stratification tool in patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging. Men with biochemical or clinical suspicion of having prostate cancer who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in two tertiary centers (Queen Mary Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China) between January 2017 and June 2022 were included. Ultrasound-magnetic resonance imaging fusion biopsies were performed after prostate health index testing. Those who only had Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions were further stratified into four prostate health index risk groups and the cancer detection rates were analyzed. Out of the 747 patients, 47.3% had Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions only. The detection rate of clinically significant prostate cancer in this group was 15.0%. The cancer detection rates of clinically significant prostate cancer had statistically significant differences: 5.3% in prostate health index <25.0, 7.4% in prostate health index 25.0-34.9, 17.9% in prostate health index 35.0-54.9, and 52.6% in prostate health index ≥55.0 (P < 0.01). Among the patients, 26.9% could have avoided a biopsy with a prostate health index <25.0, at the expense of a 5.3% risk of missing clinically significant prostate cancer. Prostate health index could be used as an additional risk stratification tool for patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions. Biopsies could be avoided in patients with low prostate health index, with a small risk of missing clinically significant prostate cancer.
2.Pandemic of the aging society - sporadic cerebral small vessel disease.
Alexander Yuk Lun LAU ; Bonaventure Yiu Ming IP ; Ho KO ; Bonnie Yin Ka LAM ; Lin SHI ; Karen Ka Yan MA ; Lisa Wing Chi AU ; Yannie Oi Yan SOO ; Thomas Wai Hong LEUNG ; Adrian WONG ; Vincent Chung Tong MOK
Chinese Medical Journal 2021;134(2):143-150
Age-related sporadic cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) has gained increasing attention over the past decades because of its increasing prevalence associated with an aging population. The widespread application of and advances in brain magnetic resonance imaging in recent decades have significantly increased researchers' understanding in the in vivo evolution of CSVD, its impact upon the brain, its risk factors, and the mechanisms that explain the various clinical manifestation associated with sporadic CSVD. In this review, we aimed to provide an update on the pathophysiology, risk factors, biomarkers, and the determinants and spectrum of the clinical manifestation of sporadic CSVD.
Aged
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Aging
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Brain/diagnostic imaging*
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Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases/epidemiology*
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Pandemics