Prostate Cancers Detected by Cheaper, Faster Scans: Study

About one in eight males are estimated to be diagnosed with the illness during their lifetime.

In an undated file photograph, doctors look at a video monitor as they perform an operation on a man with prostate cancer in California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A scaled-down MRI process can detect prostate cancers more quickly and at a lower cost than the current standard approach while maintaining similar accuracy, according to a peer-reviewed study published on Sept. 10 by the journal JAMA.

The study compared two types of MRI used to detect prostate cancer: biparametric and multiparametric, according to a statement from University College London (UCL), one of the institutions involved in the research.