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SPL Medical announced today that the new issue of the German S3-guidelines for prostate cancer, released this month by the Guideline Program Oncology of the German Cancer Society, Deutsche Krebshilfe and AWMF, for the first time is mentioning Ferrotran® (Ferumoxtran) on page 25 of the...

Jedes Jahr erkranken in der Schweiz rund 6400 Männer neu an Prostatakrebs, 1300 sterben daran. Damit ist das der häufigste Tumor bei Männern. Die Prognose hängt stark von seiner Ausbreitung ab. Krebszellen können über die Lymphbahnen in die benachbarten Lymphknoten der Beckenregion oder über die Blutgefässe...

The goal of this first study comparing Nano-MRI (MRI with a ferumoxtran-10 contrast agent) and 68Ga PSMA- PET/CT was to investigate a potential complementary role for these novel imaging modalities in identifying suspect lymph nodes in prostate cancer patients. Nano-MRI in a comparison with 68Ga-PSMA-...

Accurate detection of lymph-node metastases in prostate cancer is an essential component of the approach to treatment. We investigated whether highly lymphotropic superparamagnetic nanoparticles, which gain access to lymph nodes by means of interstitial–lymphatic fluid transport, could be used in conjunction with high-resolution magnetic resonance...