In elderly patients with suspected prostate cancer, a prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA PET) CT scan can diagnose advanced disease and aid in therapy selection without the need for a biopsy.
Aug 14, 2023
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An advanced imaging method is showing promise as a way to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer by giving clinicians a clearer view of suspected tumors during biopsy.
Mar 9, 2023
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A Yale-led study examines the potential environmental benefits of more carefully selecting patients for prostate biopsy in a way that can also spare low-yield and potentially harmful procedures.
Mar 1, 2023
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Prostate biopsy and prostate cancer (PC) diagnosis rates decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. veterans, according to a study published online April 7 in JAMA Oncology.
Apr 12, 2022
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A new risk calculator developed by a University of Alberta researcher and collaborators in the United States could reduce the number of unnecessary and invasive biopsies for prostate cancer.
Feb 4, 2022
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men, and for men in the United States, it's the second leading cause of death.
Dec 9, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate cancer screening. Now, the same research group has published a ...
Aug 13, 2021
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New prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsies
Apr 27, 2021
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A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a small number of cancers, according to a validation ...
Feb 11, 2021
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Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) have jointly developed the Spermine Risk Score which, coupled with the use of a urine test, ...
Feb 8, 2021
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