Good prostate cancer diagnosis starts with good MR diagnostic evaluation. However, do we really need multiparametric MRI or is bi-parametric MRI sufficient to detect a suspicious lesion?

Soteria is proud to collaborate with the International Cancer Imaging Society with the webinar ‘pros and cons of bpMRI vs mpMRI in prostate’ by Prof. Jelle Barentsz on November 25th, at 2pm Amsterdam.

Registration for this event is feasible here! 

Our clinical partners of Laurentius Hospital in the Netherlands, published a nice paper in the Dutch Journal of Medicine about their experienced with Soteria's Remote Controlled Manipulator.

Some interesting quotations in dutch:

"In expertisecentra voor prostaat-MRI kan er echter voor gekozen worden om bijkomende systematische ‘random’-biopten achterwege te laten" 
Translation: "In experienced centers for prostate MRI, it can be decieded to exclude "random" systematic biopsies"

​"Doordat er hooguit 2 biopten genomen worden in plaats van 12, is het risico op complicaties als infectie, urosepsis of hematurie ook verwaarloosbaar en is de procedure minder pijnlijk."
Translation: "Because at most 2 biopsies are taken instead of 12, the risk of complications such as infection, urosepsis or haematuria are negligible and less painful."

"De gemiddelde onderzoeksduur op de MRI-tafel is 25 minuten."
Translation: "The average procedure time on the MR table is 25 minutes. "
Meaning in and out of the MR suite within 30 minutes.

Check our events page to register for our next webinar on October 8th, and talk to the authors of the paper.

With the support of the funding by team westland Reinier de Graaf hospital in Delft, The Netherlands is now able to provide MR guided prostate biopsies to their patients in the west of the Netherlands.

Some interesting new items and video's can be found on:

WOS: https://wos.nl/televisie/gemist/wos-nieuws/b4781887-b071-4bc6-aaab-533929ce7419/robot-biopteur-in-reinier-de-graaf-gasthuis-dankzij-team-westland

or the website of Reinier de Graaf: https://www.reinierdegraaf.nl/algemeen/nieuws/nieuwste-robottechnologie-spoort-prostaatkanker-nog-beter-op/