Prostate Cancer

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"Initial report of a randomized trial comparing conventional- vs conventional plus fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT imaging-guided post-prostatectomy radiotherapy for prostate cancer" was presented by Ashesh Jani, M.D., Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, at ASTRO20
News | PET Imaging
Adding Advanced PET Scans to Radiation Treatment Plans for Prostate Cancer Increases Failure-free Survival Rates

October 26, 2020 — Adding the advanced PET radiotracer fluciclovine to conventional imaging to help guide radiation ...

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A study from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) has the potential to change how patients whose prostate cancer recurs after prostatectomy are treated. The study will be featured in both the plenary session and press program of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting on Monday, October 26.
News | Prostate Cancer
ASTRO Highlights Winship Study Showing Increased Failure-free Survival in Prostate Cancer

October 24, 2020 — A study from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) has the potential to change how ...

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The FDA clearance, Quantib’s 6th to date, marks the first time a comprehensive AI prostate solution will be available to radiologists in the United States
News | Prostate Cancer
Quantib Receives FDA Clearance for First-to-Market Prostate Solution

October 21, 2020 — Quantib, a market leader in artificial intelligence solutions for radiology, today announced that it ...

Time October 21, 2020
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Ezra, a NY-based startup transforming early cancer screening using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), announced that it has received FDA 510(k) premarket authorization for its Artificial Intelligence, designed to decrease the cost of MRI-based cancer screening, assisting radiologists in their analysis of prostate MRI scans. It is the first prostate AI to be cleared by the FDA.
News | Artificial Intelligence
Ezra Receives FDA Clearance For Prostate Cancer Artificial Intelligence

October 20, 2020 — Ezra, a NY-based startup transforming early cancer screening using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Time October 20, 2020
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ASTRO urges radiation oncology benefits management company eviCore to reconsider a move that requires shorter treatment regimens without regard for physician judgement
News | Radiation Oncology
Benefits Manager Policy Disrupts Patient-physician Decision Making for Breast and Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatments

October 2, 2020 — Radiation oncologists expressed serious concerns about a new private insurance coverage policy that ...

Time October 02, 2020
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High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a technology used to treat localized prostate cancer, has shown adequate control of prostate cancer while avoiding major side effects of surgery or radiation therapy, according to a new study in The Journal of Urology, Official Journal of the American Urological Association
News | Prostate Cancer
First U.S. Study Shows Promising Outcomes for High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer

September 8, 2020 — Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015 for prostate tissue ablation, the high ...

Time September 08, 2020
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Prostate biopsy with cancer probability (blue is low, red is high). This case was originally diagnosed as benign but changed to cancer upon further review. The AI accurately detected cancer in this tricky case. Image courtesy of Ibex Medical Analytics
News | Prostate Cancer
Artificial Intelligence Identifies Prostate Cancer with Near-perfect Accuracy

July 28, 2020 — A study published in The Lancet Digital Health by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers ...

Time July 28, 2020
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PET/CT imaging showing uptake and retention of 86Y-NM600 (imaging agent) in immunocompetent mice bearing prostate tumors. PET imaging data was employed to estimate tumor dosimetry and prescribe an immunomodulatory 90Y-NM600 (therapy agent) injected activity. Image courtesy of R Hernandez et al., University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI.
News | PET-CT
Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Enhances Prostate Cancer Response to Immunotherapies

July 15, 2020 — Targeted radionuclide therapy has been found to create a favorable tumor microenvironment in prostate ...

Time July 15, 2020
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Researchers reviewed results of prostate biopsies on over 3,400 men who had targets identified on prostate MRI and found that the positive predictive value of the test for prostate cancer was highly variable at different sites
News | Prostate Cancer
Research Shows Quality of Prostate MRI is Highly Variable Among Institutions

July 1, 2020 — Prostate MRI is an emerging technology used to identify and guide treatment for prostate cancer and has ...

Time July 01, 2020
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Maximum-intensity projections, transaxial fusion, and PET images of 18F-PSMA1007 (A-C) and 68Ga-PSMA-11 (D-F) PET/CT scans of 67-y-old patient with GS 8 and PSA 4.9 ng/mL. Marked uptake is seen in urinary bladder and left ureter (arrow) on maximum-intensity projection image of 68Ga-PSMA-11 (D), as opposed to nearly negligible 18F-PSMA-1007 urinary excretion (A). Dominant lesion in left prostatic lobe is evident on both scans (arrowheads). However, second lesion is seen in right lobe only on 18F-PSMA-1007 sc
News | Prostate Cancer
Novel Radiotracer Meets Gold Standard for Imaging Prostate Cancer

May 12, 2020 — The novel radiopharmaceutical 18F-PSMA-1007 is both effective and readily available for detecting ...

Time May 12, 2020
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A new framework from an international team of experts aims to help protect patients and providers, and conserve protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2
News | Prostate Cancer
Managing Prostate Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 30, 2020 — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of radiation oncologists from the U.S. and U.K. is ...

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PSMA PET-CT is a suitable replacement for conventional imaging, providing superior accuracy, to the combined findings of CT and bone scanning
News | Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Study Finds Molecular Imaging Could Transform Management of Patients with Aggressive Cancer

March 23, 2020 — Results from a randomised controlled trial involving 300 prostate cancer patients find that a molecular ...

Time March 23, 2020
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Age‐standardized, delay‐adjusted overall cancer incidence rates for 2012 through 2016 are illustrated among males and females by racial/ethnic group
News | Radiation Oncology
CDC Reports Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline

March 16, 2020 — The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that cancer death rates continued to ...

Time March 16, 2020
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M. Minhaj Siddiqui, M.D., associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses benefits of MRI-targeted biopsy to more precisely diagnose aggressive prostate cancers
News | Prostate Cancer
Adding MRI-targeted Biopsy Leads to More Reliable Diagnosis of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

March 5, 2020 — Using a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to target and sample suspicious prostate tissue ...

Time March 05, 2020
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Tampere University in Finland have developed a method based on artificial intelligence (AI) for histopathological diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer
News | Prostate Cancer
AI Can Be Used to Detect and Grade Prostate Cancer

January 20, 2020 — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Tampere University in Finland have developed a ...

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Trends in Overall Cancer Mortality Rates by Sex, United States, 1930 to 2017. Rates are age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population
News | Radiation Oncology
Cancer Mortality Continues Steady Decline, Driven by Progress Against Lung Cancer

January 13, 2020 — The cancer death rate declined by 29 percent from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2 percent drop from ...

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News | Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer can now be Diagnosed Better Using Artificial Intelligence

January 13, 2020 — Researchers at Radboud university medical center have developed a "deep learning" system that is ...

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Professor Samer Ezziddin, M.D., from Saarland University/Saarland University Hospital.
News | Prostate Cancer
Nuclear Radiologists 'Outsmart' Prostate Cancer with an Apparently Ineffective Drug

January 13, 2020 — When a non-scientist tries to imagine a scientist, the image that often arises is one of a somewhat ...

Time January 13, 2020
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News | Prostate Cancer
Targeted Screening Could Prevent One in Six Prostate Cancer Deaths

January 3, 2020 — Nearly one in six deaths from prostate cancer could be prevented if targeted screening was introduced ...

Time January 03, 2020
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Ferrotran (formerly Combidex), based on Ferumoxtran-10, is the only contrast agent which can detect lymph node metastases as small as 2 mm diameter
News | Prostate Cancer
SPL Medical Announces First Prostate Cancer Metastasis Patient Diagnosed with Ferrotran in Compassionate Use Program

December 24, 2019 — SPL Medical announced today that the first patient has been successfully diagnosed with suspected ...

Time December 24, 2019
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