The Benefits Of Novel PSA Velocity Risk Count Testing For Prostate Cancer
A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically significant prostate cancer. The new study, published online by the British Journal of Urology Internationa shows the benefits of tracking a man's PSA levels over time to help doctors more accurately assess his risk of life-threatening prostate cancer. "Risk count could represent a new way to screen for prostate cancer by focusing on men with the greatest risk of harmful prostate cancers, " said lead author Stacy Loeb, MD, an urologist in the Department of Urology and the Joel E.
More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis In Challenging Breast Cancer Cases Provided By PET Techniques
In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One article focuses on an imaging agent that targets estrogen receptors in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients with formerly inconclusive assessments, and the second highlights a different imaging agent's ability to help predict the prognosis for patients undergoing chemotherapy for a very aggressive type of breast cancer.
Surgical Outcomes-Based Measures Developed: Approval Marks Latest Step In Path To National Implementation
Two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) were recently endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF). The two measures, surgical site infection (SSI) and urinary tract infection (UTI), were developed by ACS in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as possible national outcomes measures that could be adopted by the governmental body as early as 2015. "Increasingly, our national health system is looking for better ways to measure quality care.