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Every day, doctors use ultrasound, CT scans and MRIs to see inside the body without making an incision. Those tests are great at showing size and structure, but they don't show important physical properties such as tissue stiffness, which, for example, is a sign of fibrosis in the liver. But researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed technology that uses sound waves to see if a patient's liver is harder than it should be — if it's developing fibrosis. It's called Magnetic Resonance Elastography, and it offers a noninvasive alternative to liver biopsy.
Resource: Treatment of Liver Disease
Prostate cancer strikes thousands of men each year. The good news is, treatment for this curable cancer keeps getting better. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are three therapies that can kill the cancer if it's caught early. And now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are using a specialized type of radiation that targets the tumor with higher doses of radiation without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.
Doctors are using robots for many operations including prostate cancer surgery. Learn the latest on how this advance in technology is helping some patients get better faster.
Resource: Treatment with Robotic Prostatectomy
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