Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.
A trip to the doctor is a big enough hassle without having to deal with a fear of the unknown. Having a procedure for the first time can fill a patient with dread. For the uninitiated, here's a short ...
Stage 3 prostate cancer is locally advanced, with tumors extending beyond the prostate but not metastasizing distantly.
A quicker, cheaper MRI scan was just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer as the current 30-40 minute scan and should be rolled out to make MRI scans more accessible to men who need one, ...
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 ...
Microultrasonography for prostate biopsy detected clinically significant cancer at rates comparable to MRI-guided approaches. Detection rates for clinically insignificant cancers did not differ among ...
Until improvements under development can be broadly implemented, routine confirmatory testing in active surveillance for ...