The ultrasound image acquired shows a color-coded map of tissue stiffness. Elastography has been used to evaluate pathologies in the breast, the prostate, the thyroid, lymph nodes and the uterus.

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Stage 4 prostate cancer is the most advanced stage of the disease. It means that cancer ...

One-third of patients with PSA levels below 0.2 ng/mL after radical prostatectomy have recurrent disease identifiable by PSMA PET. More than one-third of patients with PSA levels less than 0.5 ng/mL ...

Using transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and a local anesthetic ... We also have an imaging test called Axumin® PET. Sometimes lymph nodes around the prostate may be checked for metastasis in order to ...

SESAUA annual meeting featured a prostate cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Abhi Moolupuri discussing a PET/CT supplemented approach to omission of pelvic lymph node dissection. The National ...

About 20 percent invade the muscle of the bladder and can spread to the pelvic lymph nodes. In men, bladder cancer can spread into the prostate and seminal vesicles ... x-rays of the kidneys and ...

Color and power Doppler ultrasound ... No role in the diagnosis of primary prostate cancer. Useful in staging of systemic disease in lymph nodes, bones and distant organs. The accuracy of ...