New screening method for prostate cancer recurrence

Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

A common treatment for prostate cancer is a prostatectomy, in which all or part of the prostate gland is removed. Recent studies have shown that this procedure is often over-prescribed. Spatial light interference microscopy has now been used in order to identify patients at higher risk for prostate cancer recurrence, researchers report.

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