Urolift and MRI for Prostate cancer
I had an Urolift installed in my prostate in 2020 after having a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2019, Gleason 6. My urologist told me it wouldn't interfere with MRIs in the future and he kept ordering MRIs to see if the cancer had grown.
After a few MRIs later, the results came back negative. After going to a different urologist, he said I needed a PMSA - PET SCAN which revealed numerous Gleason 8s and 9s. After radiation treatments and 2 years later battling this, now aggressive cancer, don't believe the Urolift doesn't impede the MRI results.
Hi
. Thank you for your willingness to share your story. I found this study from 2023 on the impact of the Urolift on the quality of MRI results: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10786202/. The authors conclude "The UroLift device causes significant artifacts on prostate MRI, which can result in poor image quality and limit the diagnostic capabilities. Patients should be counselled about this correlation and its potential implications for subsequent prostate cancer workup using MRI." Hopefully medical personnel today will become familiar with these limitations and counsel patients accordingly. How are you currently doing? Please know that this community is here for you. Best, Richard (Team Member)
