Giganti, Francesco http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-6431
Stabile, Armando
Stavrinides, Vasilis
Osinibi, Elizabeth
Retter, Adam
Orczyk, Clément
Panebianco, Valeria
Trock, Bruce J.
Freeman, Alex
Haider, Aiman
Punwani, Shonit
Allen, Clare
Kirkham, Alex
Emberton, Mark
Moore, Caroline M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University College London (Graduate Research Scholarship)
Brahm PhD Scholarship in memory of Chris Adams
Article History
Received: 1 July 2020
Revised: 28 July 2020
Accepted: 1 September 2020
First Online: 30 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Francesco Giganti.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies:Francesco Giganti is funded by the UCL Graduate Research Scholarship and the Brahm PhD scholarship in memory of Chris Adams.Vasilis Stavrinides is supported by an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship (MR/S005897/1) and has been previously supported by a UCL Bogue Fellowship and an EACR Travel Fellowship.Bruce Trock has the following disclosures: Myriad Genetics, Inc.—research grant funding, advisory board; MDxHealth, Inc.—research grant funding; GenomeDX Biosciences, Inc.—consulting.Shonit Punwani receives research support from the United Kingdom’s National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre.Alex Kirkham is supported by the UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre.Mark Emberton is a United Kingdom National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator and receives research support from the UCLH/UCL NIHR Biomedical Research Centre.Caroline M Moore is supported by the UK NIHR, Movember, PCUK and the EAU Research Foundation.
: Three of the authors (AS, VS and BJT) has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because at our institution all clinical records and MR images are routinely reviewed as part of an audit performed for the internal evaluation of the AS service as per UK NICE guidelines.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because at our institution all clinical records and MR images are routinely reviewed as part of an audit performed for the internal evaluation of the AS service as per UK NICE guidelines.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in:- Giganti F, et al Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis (2018); 21(4):556–563.- Giganti F, et al Eur Radiol (2020); 30(4):2082–2090.- Giganti F, et al Magn Res Imag (2020); 67:50–58.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution