AmeriScan to offer MRI prostate screening

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Apr 30, 2003

Body imaging firm AmeriScan is now offering an MRI "virtual" prostate scan as a screening test for prostate cancer. The Scottsdale, AZ-based firm said the scan is able to find cancers in the prostate and surrounding tissues that are not detectable by digital rectal exams or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 1, 2003

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RSNA special session probes ethics of whole-body screening, November 23, 2001

Older age predicts shorter survival with high-risk prostate cancer, January 28, 2003

Prognosis of high Gleason score, low PSA prostate cancer surprisingly good, January 7, 2003

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