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Lead
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the detection of prostate cancer with elastography using the Aixplorer scanner.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To obtain quantitative data on the elastic properties of normal and malignant tissue in the prostate of patients referred for ultrasound guided biopsy.
II. To compare the Gleason grade of prostate cancers detected with elastography to the Gleason grade of tumors detected by conventional systematic biopsy.
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Be scheduled for a clinically indicated biopsy of the prostate
Agree to an ultrasound examination using the Aixplorer system
Sign an institutional review board (IRB) approved informed consent prior to any study procedures
