A multi-institutional clinical trial showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches. A ...
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What Is a Prostate Biopsy?
A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove small samples of tissue from the prostate gland. It's a method to test for prostate cancer if a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test or digital rectal ...
Local anesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy for prostate cancer detection is gaining in popularity due to concerns about infectious complications with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy. LATP ...
Researchers from around the U.K., led by the University of Oxford, have found that a new way of performing prostate biopsies is better at diagnosing prostate cancer, but takes longer to perform and is ...
Each year, more than a million transrectal biopsies are performed in the United States. The primary technique for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer, a transrectal biopsy, entails removing ...
Phase 3 data suggest PSMA-PET-CT could reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies in selected high-risk men, though longer ...
Recent advances in prostate cancer radiotherapy have prioritized techniques that minimize treatment-related toxicity and ...
Peter Coombe had no symptoms before a routine test raised concerns about his prostate. Now the 71-year-old is urging other ...
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