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New Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Public Domain by Henry Vandyke Carter
Prostate cancer is a common cancer in men, but hard to detect early. There are methods but they have deficiencies. A new ultrasound method measures the stiffness of the prostate by evaluating the waves that go through the prostate. A healthy prostate is typically less stiff than one with cancer. The study involved around 200 patients and 89% of cancers could be detected.