ONE of the country's leading oncologists is warning general practitioners to desist from using only the results of a transrectal ultrasound to diagnose prostate cancer.
Dr William Aiken, consultant urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies, is also urging general practitioners to immediately refer a cancer patient to the urologist once an abnormal PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level is detected or if they suspect that the patient has cancer, and to end the long wait.
Transrectal ultrasound is a procedure used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer after an abnormal PSA is detected in a patient.
But Dr Aikens said: "In the evaluation of men with prostate cancer, a transrectal ultrasound must always be combined with a biopsy, because the inherent characteristics of an ultrasound cannot differentiate between the prostate cancer and the absence of the cancer." Read more:
Sad to know that some people can do that to their patients. On the brighter side, I am happy that my alternative prostate cancer treatment center has never accused of anything like that. Thank you for informing us. Keep blogging!
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