Thorley, Natasha
Parry, Tom
Brembilla, Giorgio
Giganti, Francesco
Barrett, Tristan
Eldred-Evans, David
Mayor, Nikhil
Lamb, Alistair
Hubbard Cristinacce, Penny L.
Gong, Fiona
Tam, Henry H.
Sokhi, Heminder K.
Padhani, Anwar R.
Moore, Caroline M.
Atkinson, David
Ahmed, Hashim U.
Punwani, Shonit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9865-0260
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR303144)
Article History
Received: 25 August 2025
Revised: 3 November 2025
Accepted: 15 November 2025
First Online: 19 February 2026
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Shonit Punwani.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: F.G. reports consulting fees from SpectraCure and Procept outside of the submitted work. He has received speaker fees from Bayer and Siemens, is a member of the Scientific Editorial Board of European Radiology (section: Urogential), and the Guest Editor of the Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer: MRI and beyond Collection; as such, he has not participated in the selection or review processes for this article. S.P. reports consulting fees from NVISION IMAGING, Gold Standard Phantoms and Quibim outside of the submitted work.
: One of the authors (T.P.) has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in the original IP1-PROSTAGRAM study. The original study consent form included a specific optional clause allowing the use of data for future retrospective research. The current study only includes participants who provided this consent.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for the original IP1-PROSTAGRAM study. Ethical approval was granted by the UK National Research Ethics Committee (reference: 8/LO/1338).
: Participants from IP1-PROSTAGRAM have been included in prior publications: Eldred-Evans et al [ ], Eldred-Evans et al [ ], and Day et al [ ].
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