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PET/MRI accurately classifies prostate cancer patients, offers potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies - EurekAlert


PET/MRI can improve diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer patients and help avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to new research published in the April issue of&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Nuclear Medicine</em>. By applying the PRIMARY scoring system to PET/MRI results, researchers found that more than 80 percent of unnecessary biopsies could be avoided at the expense of missing one in eight clinically significant prostate cancer cases.

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