(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Each year, 1 million men in the US undergo biopsies for prostate cancer. The biopsy procedure traditionally has been guided by ultrasound, but this method cannot clearly display the location of tumors in the prostate gland. Now, UCLA physicians have found that a new method, which includes biopsy guided by MRI, can be used together with the traditional method to increase the rate of prostate cancer detection by up to 33%.
Original Article: Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer