The quicker, cheaper MRI scan was just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer in clinical trials as the current 30- to ...

A quicker, cheaper MRI scan was just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer as the current 30-40 minute scan and should be ...

Sep. 6—CUMBERLAND — Jim Kidd hopes his experience with a delayed prostate cancer diagnosis will inspire others to undergo a procedure, invented by a Cumberland physician, he calls "lifesaving." ...

MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests. A new meta-analysis by investigators from Brigham and ...

October 16, 2009 — Clinicians should consider magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for men who have elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels or some other "worrisome" prostate cancer variable, but ...

There are several strategies for the early detection of prostate cancer. The first step is often a blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). If PSA levels exceed a certain threshold, the next ...

The goal of this investigation from Germany was to prospectively compare multiparametric MRI (1H-MR spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), contrast-enhanced) and standard T2W MRI at 1.5 ...

Omitting systematic biopsy may reduce adverse events and complications. Urologists may be able to skip systematic biopsy (SB) and perform targeted prostate biopsy (TB) alone in men with PI-RADS 5 ...

A prostate biopsy is a procedure that involves extracting tissue samples from the prostate and examining them under a microscope to check for the presence of cancerous cells. The prostate is a small, ...

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.