Pathologists Pay Heed! New Spectroscopy Technique May Make Prostate Biopsy Obsolete

Mass General researchers use metabolomic imaging to accurately diagnose tumors Pathology laboratories may soon find it possible to identify prostate cancer without a biopsy. A new technology under development at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrates the potential to improve the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis. Some studies have demonstrated that nearly a quarter of initial biopsies of the prostate gland may generate false-negative results because the biopsy specimen failed to...
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