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Cheaper, quicker prostate cancer scans just as accurate ‘and can help more men’
Groundbreaking research finds dropping the third stage of a standard MRI test for the disease doesn’t hamper detection rates, and cuts costs in half
Dr Clare Allen, lead radiologist on the trial, said the results, which were presented at the European Association of Urology conference in Paris last week, showed that significant prostate cancers were unlikely to be missed in the absence of a contrast scan. Matthew Hobbs, director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, which co-funded the trial with the John Black Charitable Foundation, said the results mean men can now be given quicker scans that do not require an injection and are cheaper. “This will allow more men to benefit from a better, more accurate diagnosis at a lower cost to healthcare systems not only in the UK, but worldwide.”
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