Biomedical Research Institute of Girona Dr. Josep Trotta (Edipje) takes part in the event Visit your research center (Pre-registration) promoting the 3Cat Marathon Foundation Bringing research closer to the public. Next Friday, April 26, at 10 a.m., it will open the doors of its laboratories to announce a joint project with the University of Girona that aims to… Improving the diagnosis of prostate cancer Through non-surgical methods. This research is being conducted thanks to charitable donations raised by the 2018 marathon, which focused on cancer.
Currently prostate cancer It is usually diagnosed by performing a biopsy. It is a necessary test for definitive diagnosis but it uses an invasive method for the patient. Occasionally, This test is ineffective and has a high economic cost Because it requires more than one biopsy to reach a diagnosis.
Research project UdG and Idibgi He wants to promote the use of non-invasive methodologies To diagnose prostate cancer that allows the smallest number of biopsies to be performed, both to improve the patient's quality of life and the cost of health care, as efficiently as possible.
This research project studies two non-invasive methodologies to improve tumor diagnosis.
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