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Evolving use of multi parametric MRI in prostate cancer detection

By Dr. Hamidreza Abdi and Dr. Peter Black on May 13, 2015

The prostate is the only organ in the body that is routinely biopsied blindly without visualization of a specific suspected tumour. MRI before prostate biopsy may become routine practice, which should reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies.

Prostate Specific Antigen – Does the new data support its utility for prostate cancer screening?

By Dr. Peter Black on May 9, 2011

Most of the data on which we base our prostate cancer screening practices is indirect and not definitively linked to the decrease in mortality that has been observed.

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