[Advances in ultrasound techniques for the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer. Elastography, Doppler ultrasound, ultrasound contrast media, ultrasound quantification media and MRI fusion].

CONCLUSIONS: The ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy has an acceptable sensitivity in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, but its specificity is still low. Various modalities associated with ultrasound are available in clinical practice in order to increase cancer detection rate. Although some promising data have been published for some of the modalities, we believe the combination of these includes validated ultrasound guided biopsy protocols to accurately target and diagnose prostate cancer. PMID: 25948802 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Archivos Espanoles de Urologia - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Arch Esp Urol Source Type: research