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Mutations are changes in the molecular 'letters' that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these changes can have little effect, but others can lead to diseases, including cancer. Now, a new study introduces an original technique, called HiDEF-seq, that can accurately detect the early molecular changes in DNA code that precede mutations.
Despite growing enthusiasm for this minimally invasive option for some men with prostate cancer, focal therapy is still not FDA-approved for prostate cancer and comes with high out-of-pocket costs.
It's recommended that you consider getting screened once you reach your 40s, which gives you the best chance of getting treated early.
UH to offer alternative prostate cancer biopsy method UH to offer alternative prostate cancer biopsy method Print University Hospitals Urology Institute is using a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer through a method that allows the urologist to obtain a prostate biopsy with a lower risk of introducing bacteria than the traditional method, according to a news release. A transrectal ultrasound guided method has been used for the past 30 years. The new technique, called the PrecisionPoint Transperineal Access System (PPTAS) in conjunction with MRI guided fusion technology, optimizes canc...
Randomized trial results led to reduction in the use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer In a Correspondence article published in the April 29, 2021 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center, and New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, found a substantial reduction in the use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer after publication of the results a major study called the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer (LACC) in November 2018. The earlier study, which compare...