With more than 25 years of being involved in research to detect and characterize prostate cancers at early stages, John Kurhanewicz, PhD, is using his work to impact patient care.
Kurhanewicz—a professor in residence and director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Body Research Interest Group, the Biomedical NMR Lab and the Kurhanewicz Laboratory—has focused on advancing MRI techniques to provide more accurate characterization of the extent and aggressiveness of prostate cancer in individual patients.
The UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging released a video in which Kurhanewicz discusses how his research translates into patient care. He discusses how his team improved the MRI exam for prostate cancer by adding new metabolic parameters, which light up when cancer is present.
Recently, the team has added parameters to the multiparametric prostate imaging exam which is now being performed in clinical practice.
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