New study shows faster recovery with minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment

A recent randomized clinical trial has found that men with localized, intermediate-risk prostate cancer recovered faster and ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening — 23-Year Follow-up

The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) was initiated in 1993 to assess the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing on prostate cancer mortality. Because ...
Medscape

Swedish Prostate Cancer Screening Method Cuts MRIs, Biopsies

In a randomized trial of prostate cancer screening methods, a blood-based diagnostic test and MRI with subsequent targeted plus systematic prostate biopsies outperformed the standard approach of ...
Labroots

High-Resolution Ultrasound Techniques for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.
Medscape

Study Gives Clinical Edge to Transperineal Prostate Biopsies

In the largest head-to-head randomized trial of its kind, UK researchers found transperineal prostate biopsies using local anesthesia (LATP) superior to the transrectal approach in detecting ...