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The prostate is a small gland that wraps around the urethra, at the base of the urinary bladder. It produces semen, the fluid vehicle of spermatozoa. A biopsy of the prostate is a procedure in which a small sample of prostate tissue is removed in order to examine it, usually in search for signs of malignant transformation of prostate cells.

PET/MRI combination reduces unnecessary prostate biopsies, study shows

PET/MRI can improve diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer patients and help avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to new research published in the April issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

13 Apr 2024

Three-step prostate cancer screening method demonstrates reduced overdiagnosis

A large randomized trial conducted at Tampere University and the University of Helsinki shows that a new three-step prostate cancer screening method can find a considerable number of aggressive cancers.

10 Apr 2024

Combining MRI and blood tests to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies

MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests.

29 Mar 2024

Team approach to prostate cancer: PCPs and urologists offer hope with active surveillance

This study considers the perspectives of primary care physicians (PCPs) and urologists on what facilitates and what creates barriers to active surveillance (AS) care for men with low-risk prostate cancer.

22 Jan 2024

Black men may face an increased risk of prostate cancer than white men at lower PSA levels

Black men in the United States are more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men, and after diagnosis, they're more likely to have advanced disease and to die than white men with the disease.

6 Nov 2023

PSMA PET/CT can diagnose advanced prostate cancer in elderly patients without biopsy

In elderly patients with suspected prostate cancer, PSMA PET/CT can diagnose advanced disease and aid in therapy selection without the need for a biopsy.

14 Aug 2023

UC San Diego Health offers a new minimally invasive biopsy procedure to detect prostate cancer

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in San Diego County to offer a new minimally invasive prostate biopsy procedure that reduces the risk of infection, improves imaging for accuracy and may increase cancer detection in a clinic setting.

25 Apr 2023

Researchers estimate the environmental impacts of prostate MRI and biopsy

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.

22 Feb 2023

New blood test can detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have helped develop a new blood test to detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods.

8 Feb 2023

MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than new imaging technique

A team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand has found that MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than the newer, prostate-specific -PSMA PET/CT scanning technique.

3 Jul 2022

Greater global coordination needed for AI-enhanced diagnostics, treatment to save lives of prostate cancer patients

The largest prostate cancer biopsy dataset – involving over 95,000 images – has been created by researchers in Sweden to ensure AI can be trained to diagnose and grade prostate cancer for real world clinical applications.

3 Jul 2022

Prostate cancer urine test identifies men who can safely avoid immediate treatment

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have shown that a prostate cancer urine test can identify men at 'intermediate risk' who can safely avoid immediate treatment and benefit from 'active surveillance' instead.

2 Nov 2021

Studies address how plant-based diets impact men's health issues

Three new studies by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine urologists address how consuming healthy plant-based diets impact a range of men's health issues -; from diabetes to sexual health.

24 Sep 2021

Many men with prostate cancer may be making treatment choices without understanding all options

One of the bi-products of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a decrease in the number of patients seeing or talking to their GPs, as findings from a Institute of Fiscal Studies report identified late last year.

6 Aug 2021

Immersion in virtual reality can be used to alleviate the discomfort of medical procedures

Pain relief typically involves anesthetic but VR also provides a new technology to limit some of the pain experienced in medical procedures.

12 Jul 2021

New urine test could avoid unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies

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 study that included more than 1,500 patients.

11 Feb 2021

HKBU and CUHK jointly develop Spermine Risk Score for diagnosis of prostate cancer

Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University and the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong have jointly developed the Spermine Risk Score which, coupled with the use of a urine test, provides a non-invasive and more reliable method for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

8 Feb 2021

New tests may help improve the selection of men considering prostate cancer surveillance

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are looking at ways to combine imaging and biomarkers to predict prostate cancer progression more accurately.

15 Jan 2021

Negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with long-term outcomes

Can early-stage prostate cancer "vanish" during follow-up? More likely the cancer is just "hidden"--either way, negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with excellent long-term outcomes, reports a study in The Journal of Urology®.

18 Nov 2020

Hemi-gland cryoablation provides a high rate of effective prostate cancer control

A less-invasive treatment technique called hemi-gland cryoablation (HGCryo) - destroying the areas of the prostate where cancers are located by freezing them - provides a high rate of effective prostate cancer control, according to a new study published in The Journal of Urology, Official Journal of the American Urological Association.

28 Sep 2020