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molecular-based test, 3P MRI, restaging prostate biopsy, surveillance 3P MRI, surveillance prostate biopsies, some combination thereof, or prospective clinical trials. 1 Androgen Deprivation Therapy “I am an advocate of using less androgen deprivation
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-reducing mastectomies. 5 , 6 Additionally, risk-reducing surgeries have been shown to be the most cost-effective measures. Using costs, life-years (LY), and quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) as outcomes, a study that compared preventive surgery, chemoprevention, MRI
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therapy in bone disease, Dr. Srinivas explained. Conventional imaging techniques, such as bone scans, MRI, and CT, have shortcomings that appear to be overcome by more modern PET techniques. “Bone scans are not specific to prostate cancer and don
Presenter: Sandy Srinivas
then categorized as nonmetastatic CRPC. “A large number of these patients have no evidence of disease on nuclear scans; CT imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis; or MRI, and become castration-resistant,” she said. Three randomized trials in
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systems, and treatment verification. These advances have been facilitated by improvements in diagnostic imaging, including MRI and PET/CT. At first, these innovations were used for the treatment of solid tumors, wherein it became possible to further
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