In Spain, PCa is the most common cancer independently from gender and the third cause of death in man, below lung and colorectal cancer. Incidence and mortality increase progressively as age increases, hence, due to an older population, this is an outstanding sociosanitary concern.
PCa generally is asymptomatic, diagnosis is based on prostate biopsy in man with an elevated Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) in blood test and/or a pathologic digital rectal examination.
Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRImp) plays an important role in the diagnosis. It allows the visualization of the tumor, it values its agresitivity with a scale named "Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System" (PI-RADS v2 scale), and permits a directed biopsy to the suspicious lesion.
This tecnique is expensive and very uncomfortable for the patient due its duration (40 minutes) and because it uses intravenous (iv) contrast. Due to these reasons, it is difficult to assume by the sanitary system to perform this technique to every patient with PCa suspicion.
Biparametric MRI emerges as an alternative with a new protocol, performed with less image sequences (T2 and diffusion), cheaper, lasting less (just 15 minutes), and without the administration of iv contrast. Thus, this technique is more assumable by a public sanitary system.
