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Table 4 5ARI users stratified by duration of 5ARI use

From: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and MRI prostates: actively reducing prostate sizes and ambiguity

Duration of 5ARI use

MRI findings

Prostate cancer detected

No prostate cancer detected

Clinically significant cancer detected

No clinically significant cancer

PIRADS 0–2

PIRADS 3

PIRADS 4

PIRADS 5

Less than 6 months (n = 16)

0

8 (50%)

7 (43.8%)

1 (6.2%)

5 (31.3%)

11 (68.7%)

2 (12.5%)

14 (87.5%)

6 months to 1 year (n = 8)

1 (12.5%)

4 (50%)

3 (37.5%)

0

2 (25%)

6 (75%)

0

8 (100%)

More than 1 year (n = 27)

2 (7.41%)

10 (37.0%)

9 (33.3%)

6 (22.2%)

17 (63.0%)

10 (27.0%)

14 (51.9%)

13 (48.1%)