Genitourinary Radiology: Page 17

10-year prostate cancer outcomes show rad therapy's benefit
By Cynthia E. Keen
Ten-year clinical outcomes for prostate cancer patients participating in a trial comparing postoperative radiotherapy with observation only show that patients who were irradiated had significantly improved biochemical progression-free survival and local control.
October 18, 2012
SNM: New therapy extends life for prostate cancer patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Survival is bleak for prostate cancer patients with advanced tumors that have spread to the bone, but a radioisotope procedure being evaluated in a clinical trial is extending lives by several months, according to a study presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting, being held in Miami Beach, FL, this week.
June 10, 2012
Accuray begins PACE prostate study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has launched the Prostate Advances in Comparative Evidence (PACE) study.
April 26, 2012
USHIFU puts emphasis on Lancet study results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer USHIFU is is emphasizing study results study results published online in Lancet Oncology.
April 17, 2012
BMJ casts doubt on proton therapy for prostate cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
There is no clear evidence of proton beam therapy's effectiveness in treating prostate cancer, according to a feature published online on 17 April in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
April 16, 2012
ESUR issues new guidance on best use of prostate MRI
By Philip Ward
As a first step toward the greater standardization of prostate imaging, the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) has published a guideline for MRI of the prostate. The ESUR Prostate Working Group has developed a structured reporting system, called PI-RADS (prostate imaging, reporting, and data system).
February 23, 2012
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Choline-PET/CT changes prostate cancer treatment plans
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss researchers have found that PET/CT scans with the radiopharmaceutical choline can change treatment plans for certain patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Study results showed that choline-PET/CT significantly affected therapy management.
February 13, 2012
External radiation plus high-dose brachytherapy effective for high-risk prostate cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year survival rates are high when patients with unfavorable localized prostate cancer are treated with external-beam radiotherapy boosted with conformal high-dose-rate brachytherapy, a Spanish group reports.
November 28, 2011
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Elastography aids detection of malignant testicular lesions
By Rebekah Moan
Real-time elastography is useful in assessing small testicular nodules and pseudonodules, which is relevant in clinical practice for managing testicular cancer, Italian researchers have found in a study published online first in European Radiology.
November 13, 2011
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Dutch assess robotic MR-guided prostate biopsies
By Cynthia E. Keen
Researchers from the Netherlands have found that an evaluation of a robotic technique to use for transrectal MR-guided prostate biopsies of men suspected of having cancer fell short of expectations. They concluded at the moment it is not feasible for the new procedure to replace existing manual techniques.
October 17, 2011
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CT gives renewed hope to gastric cancer patients
By Philip Ward
Gastric cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite extensive screening programs and improved therapeutic strategies, but CT gastrography is beginning to show significant promise in the battle against this disease.
October 12, 2011
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Low-dose DR units can avoid need for gonad shielding
By Cynthia E. Keen
Gonad shielding of children who undergo a pelvic examination may not be necessary if low-dose optimized digital radiography (DR) equipment is used, according to a new study by Dutch researchers published online in Insights into Imaging.
October 10, 2011
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