A new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy in a clinical trial involving 370 men. The results of the study have been published in ‘Lancet Oncology’. Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust carried out the research.
An international team of researchers has found that ultrasound scans can detect prostate cancer more effectively than MRI scans, and should be used as a first test in low and middle-income countries. Ultrasound scans missed only 4.3 per cent of clinically important prostate cancer cases compared to MRI scans for the first time.
The technique could be used in combination with MRI scans to maximize cancer detection, researchers at Imperial College London have said. They said, Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. One in six men will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetimes.
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