Millions of men could benefit from faster scan to diagnose prostate cancer

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A quicker, cheaper MRI scan was just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer as the current 30-40 minute scan and should be rolled out to make MRI scans more accessible to men who need one, according to clinical trial results led by UCL, UCLH and the University of Birmingham. The PRIME trial, funded by the John Black Charitable Foundation and Prostate Cancer UK, and published in JAMA , confirms that a two-part MRI scan is just as effective at diagnosing prostate cancer, whilst cutting scan

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