This is hardly a radical new finding but yet another study has recently shown that we are over-using expensive scanning tests in the work-up of patients diagnosed with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer — and under-using these tests in men initially diagnosed with high-risk disease. … READ MORE …
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A few days ago we suggested that the role of positron emission tomography (PET scanning) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in patients with prostate cancer was probably best limited to research studies at major medical centers at the present time. A recent study from Germany appears to confirm this suggestion. … READ MORE …
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Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Risk, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: ARTS, chemotherapy, dutasteride, HIV, incidence, PET scan | Leave a comment »
