Advanced MRI Is Far More Accurate, Gives More Options

Prostate cancer expert Dr. Dan Sperling is using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to change the world of men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. The Sperling Prostate Center uses advanced imaging technology to diagnose and treat prostate cancer because it is far more precise than the ultrasound imaging used by most urologists.

The prostate cancer world involves almost a quarter million American men. One in 10 will die from it. Recently, this world was shaken by a government panel’s recommendation that healthy men no longer be routinely given the PSA blood screening for prostate cancer. For 20 years, this test dramatically increased early cancer detection. Now, however, the panel finds that a higher PSA blood value causes patients to be rushed into an ultrasound-guided biopsy of 12-14 needles. Furthermore, if prostate cancer is found, patients face a dilemma: hold off on treatment (Watchful Waiting/Active Surveillance) or have the entire gland surgically removed or radiated, with risk of side effects. In the effort to avoid over-biopsy and over-treatment, the panel may be putting many men at risk of late detection when the disease has already escaped the prostate.

As a world expert in Prostate Mapping, Dr Sperling has a better solution. His imaging reveals any suspicious area, which only requires a selective biopsy instead of the unpleasant and comparatively random 12-14 needles in the ultrasound method. Sophisticated laboratory analysis further determines if treatment is warranted. For appropriate patients, Dr. Sperling can then treat the tumor while sparing urinary and sexual function. No over-biopsy, no over-treatment.

MRI expert Dr. Sperling offers men a new world of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. Instead of an all-or-nothing worldview, he provides a middle ground in which a PSA test is a rational first step toward precise biopsy and successful therapy with minimal risk or discomfort.