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Prostate Cancer Now Detectable Using Imaging-Guided Biopsy, UCLA Study Shows

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2012Healthaggressive tumor, anesthesia, arnold chin, artemis, biomedical engineering, biopsies, blind biopsies, casit, conventional biopsies, diagnosis, fusion biopsy, gleason score, groundbreaking research, image guided, journal of urology, leonard s marks, magnetic resonance imaging, mri, organ, prostate cancer, prostate lesion, prostate specific antigen, prostate tumors, psa, psa levels, real time ultrasound, robert meier, santa barbara, tissue samples, tumor spots, ucla, ultrasound, urologist

Groundbreaking research by a team of UCLA physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer — long identifiable only through painful, hit-or-miss biopsies — can be diagnosed far more easily and accurately using a new image-guided, targeted biopsy procedure.

Traditionally, prostate tumors have been found through so-called blind biopsies, in which tissue samples are taken systematically from the entire prostate in the hopes of locating a piece of tumor — a technique that dates back to the 1980s. But the cancer now appears detectable by direct sampling of tumor spots found using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, in combination with real-time ultrasound, the researchers say. (more…)

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By Guest PostNovember 26, 2011General, Natureancient corinth, ancient human skeleton, apostle paul, archaeologist, archaeology lab, artemis, bank of the mississippi, birds of prey, bob kriel, bremer village, bubo, county roscommon, czech republic, deane morrison, excavations, gillian monnier, Greece, horned owl, ireland, john soderberg, keith manthie, minnesota, neanderthal site, peregrine falcon, raptor center, roman cemetery, sue mccarthy, university of minnesota, young owls

*Three volunteers who make a difference*

A murmur runs through the audience as Bob Kriel withdraws his gloved hand from a darkened cage in the front of a small lecture room.

On the glove sits Bubo, a great horned owl. With his piercing eyes and imperial demeanor, this large bird with mottled gray feathers instantly dominates the room.

Kriel, a retired physician who still does clinical research at the University of Minnesota, volunteers weekly at the U’s Raptor Center, where sick and injured birds of prey receive treatment. (more…)

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Prostate Cancer Now Detectable Using Imaging-Guided Biopsy, UCLA Study Shows

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