MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For years, the treatment of early-stage prostate cancers that haven't spread beyond the organ have often included the removal of nearby lymph nodes in the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare across multiple fields, and prostate cancer (PCa)  is no exception. A ...

The Chung Lab has developed a nanoparticle that can hitchhike on immune cells and travel to the lymph nodes. Image Credit: Chung Lab The lymph nodes are a vital early sign for the almost 20 million ...

The standard practice for diagnosing prostate cancer includes an MRI test and, if necessary, a biopsy. Researchers say that an advanced imaging technique could help doctors better diagnose and ...

Of these, 74.2% and 25.8% had intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. The number of excised lymph nodes was less than 10 for 80.5% of patients, 10 to 19 for 15.9%, and 20 or more for 3.6%.

The diagnostic accuracy of MRI was 87.5% for both radiologists and the machine learning algorithm. For PET/MRI, the accuracy was 89.3% for radiologists and 91.2% for machine learning.

MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For years, the treatment of early-stage prostate cancers that haven't spread beyond the organ have often included the removal of nearby lymph nodes in the ...

Key Takeaways Treatment of early-stage, localized prostate cancers often involves remove of the organ plus nearby pelvic lymph nodes Now, a group of experts are questioning the wisdom of lymph ...

Now, a major expert review on the topic suggests that, in many cases, men in this situation may be better off keeping their lymph nodes. Doing so may help them avoid harmful side effects, such as ...