Rethinking prostate cancer screening: could MRI be an alternative screening test?

Nature Reviews Urology, Published online: 21 July 2020; doi:10.1038/s41585-020-0356-2Here, the authors describe the characteristics of an ideal screening test for prostate cancer and examine why PSA fails to meet these attributes. They discuss whether an abbreviated MRI protocol could be an alternative or additional screening test for prostate cancer and explore its inherent challenges and potential solutions.

Source: Nature Reviews Urology - July 20, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: David Eldred-Evans Henry Tam Heminder Sokhi Anwar R. Padhani Mathias Winkler Hashim U. Ahmed Source Type: research