Speedier scans diagnose prostate cancer faster

Great to see this in Positive News yesterday:

Millions of men could benefit from faster scans to diagnose prostate cancer, scientists said this week. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and is typically diagnosed using a three-part MRI scan that involves injecting dye into patients. This is both costly and time consuming, and as a result only 62% of men in England and Wales who require a prostate MRI get one.

But that could be about to change after researchers at England’s University College London and the University of Birmingham found that a two-part MRI scan without dye was just as accurate at diagnosing the disease – and took a fraction of the time. 

Dr Matthew Hobbs, director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, described the research as “a hugely important step”. 

A second trial of the two-part scanning technique is currently underway in the UK. “The results of the two trials together should provide the complete evidence package we need to change practice across the country,” said Hobbs.