The Stats (via Cancer Research UK)

Find the guidelines

NICE: Prostate cancer: diagnosis and management (CG175 / Jan 2014)
NICE: Prostate cancer Quality Standard (QS91 / June 2015)
Macmillan Rapid Referral (endorsed by NICE) ( p9 / Jan 2016)
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary Prostate Cancer
NICE: Prostate Cancer Pathway [updated March 2017]

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Behind the headlines

“MRI scans could spare 25% of men from prostate biopsies” – Friday 20th January 2017

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…Overall, this study provides good evidence that using an MP-MRI test before a biopsy can result in a much lower proportion of men undergoing unnecessary biopsy. However, the lower accuracy of predicting patients without the disease means that patients with a suspicious MP-MRI scan will still need a biopsy. That is because the current results suggest that in cases where the scan gives an “all-clear” there is around a 40% chance that this is actually an incorrect result.

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Cochrane Clinical Answers covers 32 Clinical Specialties and provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane systematic reviews. They are designed to be actionable and to inform decision making at the point of care. Each Cochrane Clinical Answer contains a clinical question, a short answer, and an opportunity to ‘drill down’ to the evidence from the Cochrane Review. The target audience for Cochrane Clinical Answers is healthcare practitioners and professionals.

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Some examples of questions to Cochrane Clinical Answers:

What are the effects of exercise for managing cancer-related fatigue in adults?
In men with prostate cancer, how do psychosocial interventions affect outcomes?
In cancer survivors, what are the effects of interventions aimed at enhancing post-treatment return to work?

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Recently published

Management of Prostate Cancer in Elderly Patients: Recommendations of a Task Force of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Article in press Eur Urol March 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2016.12.025