new prostate cancer detector
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:49 pm
When prostate cancer is suspected due to results of a PSA blood test or digital rectal exam, a physician often performs a prostate biopsy which typically involves sticking a needle into 12 different areas of the prostate. Despite this multi-pronged and frequently painful assault, however, tumours can still be missed.
A new non-invasive MRI/ultrasound imaging system called UroNav® can now create a detailed, three-dimensional view of the prostate.
“Compared with traditional biopsy techniques that randomly sample the prostate, the new technology helps prevent physicians from missing hard-to-find and often aggressive prostate cancers,”says Loyola University Medical Center prostate cancer surgeon Dr. Gopal Gupta. “This will help provide greater certainty regarding the extent and aggressiveness of the disease. And it could enable patients to avoid multiple and unnecessary repeat prostate biopsies."
As ever, it's often only in sales pitches for new techniques where the shortcomings of the standard cancer procedures are acknowledged.
A new non-invasive MRI/ultrasound imaging system called UroNav® can now create a detailed, three-dimensional view of the prostate.
“Compared with traditional biopsy techniques that randomly sample the prostate, the new technology helps prevent physicians from missing hard-to-find and often aggressive prostate cancers,”says Loyola University Medical Center prostate cancer surgeon Dr. Gopal Gupta. “This will help provide greater certainty regarding the extent and aggressiveness of the disease. And it could enable patients to avoid multiple and unnecessary repeat prostate biopsies."
As ever, it's often only in sales pitches for new techniques where the shortcomings of the standard cancer procedures are acknowledged.