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PET/MRI found to accurately classify prostate cancer patients, offer potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies

PET/MRI found to accurately classify prostate cancer patients, offer potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies

PET/MRI can improve diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer patients and help avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to new research published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. By applying the PRIMARY scoring system to PET/MRI results, researchers found that more than 80% of unnecessary biopsies could be avoided at the expense of missing one in eight clinically significant prostate cancer cases.

Source: Medical Xpress

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