Progress in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Clinic for Prostate Therapy
With a combination of good clinical assessment and state-of-the-art imaging methods, Joshi's Andrology & Urology Centre is able to diagnose prostate cancer accurately, with minimal effort, and with a few tissue samples (biopsies) as possible.
The Prostate disease treatment in Bangalore has specialized in the careful diagnosis and treatment of prostate diseases for nearly ten years. This includes both benign changes and cancerous changes as prostate carcinoma (CaP). However, prostate cancer is difficult to diagnose because it is very small in the early stages and is therefore difficult to recognize. Even a blood test done to detect prostate cancer namely prostate-specific antigen (PSA value) may be inconclusive in the beginning. Additional tests such as the elastography method and the PCA3 gene test will confirm the suspicion of cancer to a great extent before a biopsy is performed. The biopsy of the prostate has one major drawback: it could be falsely negative and many tumors may remain hidden. If a biopsy is actually recommended, one should perform it correctly and with as little punching as possible. To this end, the Prostate disease treatment urologists combine highly accurate MRI scans of the prostate with ultrasounds also known as the fusion technique. This allows them to locate tumors with high accuracy. With a fusion of MRI and Transrectal Ultrasound and MRI guided biopsy, suspicious tissue is specifically punctured and removed.
The Prostate disease treatment in Bangalore has specialized in the careful diagnosis and treatment of prostate diseases for nearly ten years. This includes both benign changes and cancerous changes as prostate carcinoma (CaP). However, prostate cancer is difficult to diagnose because it is very small in the early stages and is therefore difficult to recognize. Even a blood test done to detect prostate cancer namely prostate-specific antigen (PSA value) may be inconclusive in the beginning. Additional tests such as the elastography method and the PCA3 gene test will confirm the suspicion of cancer to a great extent before a biopsy is performed. The biopsy of the prostate has one major drawback: it could be falsely negative and many tumors may remain hidden. If a biopsy is actually recommended, one should perform it correctly and with as little punching as possible. To this end, the Prostate disease treatment urologists combine highly accurate MRI scans of the prostate with ultrasounds also known as the fusion technique. This allows them to locate tumors with high accuracy. With a fusion of MRI and Transrectal Ultrasound and MRI guided biopsy, suspicious tissue is specifically punctured and removed.
And what is the advantage of the new diagnosis method? "Think about how a biopsy is generally done. Usually, about 10 - 12 undirected and blindly divided tissue samples are taken from the prostate through the rectum. The probability of detecting a prostate carcinoma is at most 35%. Detection of clinically insignificant cancer is high by this technique. So repeat biopsies are needed later in many patients to detect a clinically significant tumor. The main advantage of the combined method lies in the fact that by merging the information from the MRI scan and the ultrasound, suspicious areas can be accurately targeted. An internal evaluation showed a detection rate of about 90 percent in suspected cancer cases.
Sampling via the rectum also has a higher chance of transferring germs from the rectum to the prostate. In some cases, it might even lead to significant infection and Sepsis. It has been identified that biopsies could be performed through the perineum, which can be properly disinfected prior to the biopsy.
Once diagnosed accurately the prostate cancer in its very early stages with localized disease targeted high-intensity ultrasound waves (HIFU) can be applied to treat only the cancerous part thus sparing the functions of the non-cancerous prostate tissue. "Low-burden therapy and accurate diagnosis go hand in hand. In this way, treatment can be limited to the areas where tumor cells have actually been detected. Tumor-free parts are not affected so that under certain conditions the prostate functions can be preserved.
Joshi's Andrology & Urology Centre
Address: Neelamma Complex, Opposite Unlimited mall, No 44/2 1st floor, 60 Feet Rd, G Block, Sahakar Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092
Appointments: joshiuroandrology.com
Phone: 080 4207 0577
