Structured micro‐ultrasonography training improves prostate cancer detection and management decisions
Maximilian Philip Wessendorf, Maurin Helen Mangold, Gloria Baumann, Nektarios Winter, Johannes Jannik Braun, Jiri Lehmberg, Alexander Studier‐Fischer, Christoph Brochhausen, Maurice Stephan Michel, Sigrid V. Carlsson, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski, Caelán Max Haney‐Aubert · 2026
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Maximilian Philip Wessendorf, leading eleven colleagues, published a 2026 evaluation of a two-day training course in micro-ultrasonography for prostate cancer. The imaging method can flag clinically significant cancer, yet new readers often miss cases. Twenty participants with limited experience took lectures and supervised case practice in Mannheim, then read biopsy-confirmed test cases before and after training.
Accuracy rose from about half of cases correct to roughly two thirds, and sensitivity climbed sharply as well. The share of negative calls that proved right also improved, while specificity barely moved. A risk scoring system performed better after training too, and the gain repeated across two separate sessions, which the authors read as evidence that structured practice helps novices manage patients more soundly.
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| CREATOR | Maximilian Philip Wessendorf, Maurin Helen Mangold, Gloria Baumann, Nektarios Winter, Johannes Jannik Braun, Jiri Lehmberg, Alexander Studier‐Fischer, Christoph Brochhausen, Maurice Stephan Michel, Sigrid V. Carlsson, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski, Caelán Max Haney‐Aubert |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38009 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |