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 ...
Credit: Getty Images The re-screening interval for prostate cancer should be individualized based on patient preference, age, PSA, prostate cancer risk, life expectancy, and general health, according ...
If there is one thing that the COVID pandemic taught us, it was the lack of flexibility, nimbleness and the frequent inaccuracy or out of datedness of superimposed guidelines. I must confess that as a ...
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, ...
In a cohort of US veterans with prostate cancer who were on active surveillance, negative multiparametric MRI had a 75% negative predictive value for ruling out disease of grade group 2 or higher at ...
An interview with Dr. Edouard Trabulsi from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University on "Optimum Imaging Strategies for Advanced Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline." This ...
Can active surveillance of prostate cancer be conducted without biopsies? While patients on active surveillance undergo periodic prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and tumor burden assessments, which ...
An MRI before treatment in men undergoing radical prostatectomy can provide independent prognostic value for oncologic ...
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 ...