DutchNews, July 10, 2017
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| Cancer cells. Photo: Depositphotos.com |
Radboud MC teaching hospital in Nijmegen has developed a faster way to diagnose
prostate cancer, reports NOS.
The process used to take months – with an
ultrasound scan and testing of 12 random samples of prostate tissue – but now
doctors can apparently reach a diagnosis in two weeks.
Urologist Michiel
Sedelaar told NOS Radio 1 Journaal that they will now do an MRI scan to see
whether there are changes in the prostate, and can give an all clear the same
day.
Only if there are doubts will a tissue sample be taken, and results given
in a week.
Sedelaar claimed that this method would be cheaper than the current test,
which is used in 40,000 men a year. Prostate cancer is the most common form of
cancer in Dutch men.
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