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 ...

University Hospital in Newark — which is also the principal teaching hospital for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School — added the transperineal prostate biopsy procedure to its cancer-detection arsenal.

Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.

When it comes to prostate biopsy, is the transperineal or transrectal route better? Urologists are currently awaiting results from ongoing clinical trials exploring whether transperineal prostate ...

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of ...

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 ...

Laser Prostatectomy In a series of 25 men, radiographic evidence correctly predicted significant prostate cancer in all patients on final pathology. Performing radical prostatectomy (RP) based solely ...

A transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of the prostate may also be called a prostate sonogram or endorectal ultrasound. A doctor usually performs a TRUS to help diagnose prostate cancer or detect prostate ...

A new survey of UK radiologists finds that 100% of NHS trusts have now used pre-biopsy MRI, although variations persist in ...