Imaging-guided biopsies: Is there a preferred strategy to choose?
Author: Dror Nir, PhD The most stressful period in a cancer patients’ pathway is from the moment they fail a screening test or present with suspicious symptoms to the moment they are diagnosed....
View ArticleIntroducing smart-imaging into radiologists’ daily practice.
Radiology congresses are all about imaging in medicine. Interestingly, radiology originates from radiation. It was the discovery of X-ray radiation at the beginning of the 20th century that opened the...
View ArticleKnowing the tumor’s size and location, could we target treatment to THE ROI...
Advances in techniques for cancer lesions’ detection and localisation [1-6] opened the road to methods of localised (“focused”) cancer treatment [7-10]. An obvious challenge on the road is reassuring...
View ArticleThe unfortunate ending of the Tower of Babel construction project and its...
The story of the city of Babel is recorded in the book of Genesis 11 1-9. At that time, everyone on earth spoke the same language. It is probably safe to assume that medical practitioners at that time...
View ArticleOn the road to improve prostate biopsy
On the road to improve prostate biopsy Author-Writer: Dror Nir, PhD Urologists are in constant search for a method that will improve the outcome of prostate biopsy, particularly when it comes to...
View ArticleFrom AUA2013: “Histoscanning”- aided template biopsies for patients with...
From AUA2013: “Histoscanning”- aided template biopsies for patients with previous negative TRUS biopsies Reporter: Dror Nir, PhD This year’s AUA takes place in San Diego, USA. Wednesday, May 08, 2013...
View ArticleEarly Detection of Prostate Cancer: American Urological Association (AUA)...
EARLY DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER: AUA GUIDELINE Author-Writer: Dror Nir, PhD When reviewing the DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER section on the AUA website , The first thing that catches one’s...
View ArticleControlling focused-treatment of Prostate cancer with MRI
Controlling focused-treatment of Prostate cancer with MRI Writer and reporter: Dror Nir, PhD. In recent years there is a growing trend of treating prostate cancer in a way that will preserve, at least...
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