Oncology & Cancer
New technology improves prostate cancer biopsies
The goal is not to find every prostate cancer – it's to find aggressive prostate cancer that may impact a man's survival.
Dec 11, 2014
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Testing for drug-resistant bacteria before prostate biopsy can reduce infections
Some infections after prostate biopsy due to drug-resistant Escherichia coli can be thwarted by simple rectal swab cultures prior to the procedure. The cultures test for antibiotic-resistant E. coli, and the findings are ...
Dec 8, 2014
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Severe infections with hospitalization after prostate biopsy rising in Sweden
Transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy is the gold standard for detecting prostate cancer, but international reports have suggested that the number of risks associated with the procedure is increasing. In a new nationwide population-based ...
Aug 20, 2014
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Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial identifies men mostly likely to undergo challenging study procedure
Healthy men participating in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial who actively participate in all steps of the clinical trial are most likely to undergo a biopsy, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers ...
Aug 13, 2014
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New accurate epigenetic test could eliminate unnecessary repeat biopsies for prostate cancer
More than one million prostate biopsies are performed each year in the U.S. alone, including many repeat biopsies for fear of cancer missed. Therefore there is a need to develop diagnostic tests that will help avoid unnecessary ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Study affirms value of epigenetic test for markers of prostate cancer
A multicenter team of researchers report that a commercial test designed to rule out the presence of genetic biomarkers of prostate cancer may be accurate enough to exclude the need for repeat prostate biopsies in many—if ...
May 28, 2014
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Study shows image fusion-guided biopsy improves accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis
A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer detection rate that was ...
May 21, 2014
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to aggressive prostate cancer
African-American and European-American men at high risk of prostate cancer have greater odds of being diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease if they have a vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study from Northwestern ...
May 1, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Non-invasive imaging instead of repeated biopsy in active monitoring of prostate cancer
Your body's cells have two major interconnected energy sources: the lipid metabolism and the glucose metabolism. Most cancers feed themselves by metabolizing glucose, and thus can be seen in Positron Emission Topography (PET) ...
Apr 6, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Added prostate CA criteria may help ID surveillance candidates
(HealthDay)—Additional predictors, such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density and extent of cancer on biopsy, help guide selection of prostate cancer patients for active surveillance programs, according to research ...
Jan 24, 2014
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