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New 3D imaging method may help doctors better determine prostate cancer aggressiveness

New 3D imaging method may help doctors better determine prostate cancer aggressiveness

To determine how aggressive someone's cancer is, doctors look for abnormalities in slices of biopsied tissue on a slide. But this 2D method makes it hard to properly diagnose borderline cases. Now a team led by the University of Washington has developed a new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies instead of just a slice.

Source: Medical Xpress

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