A New Method May Reduce Unnecessary Prostate Biopsies
May 27th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer preventionU.S. researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Prostate Diagnostic Center and the Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia said biopsies targeted to areas of increased blood flow in the prostate were twice as likely to be positive for cancer compared with conventional prostate biopsy techniques.
They sayd the standard method entail simply dividing the prostate into a dozen regions within the gland - almost randomly and now a special ultrasound technique that can spot areas of blood flow in the prostate may reduce unnecessary biopsies.
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