Tag: diagnosing prostate cancer

  • Study: MRI Missed 1 in 6 High-Grade Prostate Cancers

    Study: MRI Missed 1 in 6 High-Grade Prostate Cancers. The much ballyhooed multiparametric (mp) MRI does not appear to be suited as stand-alone test for diagnosing prostate cancer after an elevated PSA, according to new research. The expensive and powerful technology failed to identify 16% of men with high-grade cancer (Gleason score ≥7) in a…

  • PCA3 Test Okayed to Help Decide Need for Repeat Prostate Biopsy – Renal and Urology News

    “Over-expression of the PCA3 gene is highly specific to cancerous prostate tissue,” John Wei, MD, MS, Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, said in a company-issued statement. “When evaluated with other risk factors, the PROGENSA PCA3 assay fills an important unmet clinical need by helping physicians identify which men…

  • Telling someone they have prostate cancer

    One of the most difficult things that a urologist has to do is to tell his patient that he has cancer. I recently had a somewhat heated debate with my partner in robotic surgery. Prostate cancer is the leading solid organ cancer in men and is diagnosed by a biopsy in the office. The reasons…