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Tristan Barrett

December 11, 2019

Developing a prostate MRI service

The diagnosis of prostate cancer has undergone a paradigm shift in recent years, with MRI now at the forefront of the diagnostic pathway. Several high profile recent trials including the UK-led PROMIS and PRECISION studies have established the performance advantage of MRI over the traditional work-up with systematic transrectal biopsy. Leading on from this, the […]

Dr Tristan Barrett

Addenbrooke's Hospital

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January 15, 2016

MRI in prostate cancer diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer, with 41,736 men in the UK diagnosed with the disease in 2011, and the incidence continues to increase. However, introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has shifted the risk profile of the disease: the majority of men now present with low risk disease, with an overall cancer-specific […]