Tag: Color Doppler Ultrasound

High resolution Color Doppler Ultrasound is really two scans in one: A grey scale image in black and white, and a color image that detects areas of increased blood flow. Prostate cancer shows up as a dark area on grey scale imaging or as an area of increased flow on a Color Doppler Ultrasound. When both a dark spot and increased blood flow are seen in the same location in the prostate, cancer is more likely. Color Doppler Ultrasound can be used to perform lesion-directed biopsies as opposed to random biopsies as are commonly performed by most urologists. The results of Color Doppler Ultrasound scanning cannot be trusted unless the study is performed at a center using state-of-the-art technology and read by physicians with special experience and training.

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer

Prostate Vanguard E004: Elevated PSA

WHAT IF I HAVE AN ELEVATED PSA So what do you do when you have a high PSA? Is simply doing a scan enough? The scan not only helps men …

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer

Prostate Vanguard E003: Useful Imaging

IS IT POSSIBLE TO SKIP A BIOPSY? We’ve been talking a lot about the different types of biopsies – targeted vs random and all these new developments. But what’s really …

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer

Prostate Vanguard E002: No More Random Biopsies

NO MORE RANDOM BIOPSIES. Over a million men get a prostate biopsy every year and quite often, in fact almost always, they are unaware of how dangerous a biopsy can …

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer

Prostate Vanguard E001: Why Prostate Imaging?

Why do we have scans all of a sudden as of 2013 for prostate cancer? We’ve had mammograms for years, we’ve had chest CTs for lung cancer – the problem …

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed

What is a Prostate Vanguard?

Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, CA is leading a movement to help men learn that they have options for their prostate cancer — Dr. Mark Scholz discusses this …

Prostate Cancer

PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer, Not for the Ill-Informed

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD There is a real danger that PSA screening will lead to overtreatment. The government, having studied this situation, has therefore recommended dropping PSA screening altogether. This proposal doesn’t …