A prostate biopsy involves removing prostate tissue to test for cancer. Learn about types, procedure, risks, and follow-up ...

Transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) biopsy has been the gold standard for prostate cancer diagnosis, but carries a significant risk of urinary tract infection, sometimes requiring hospital admission ...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate missed 13% of high-grade cancers that were later found on transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. Standard 12-core prostate biopsies should continue to be ...

Rates of severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy that require hospitalization are on the rise, a population-based Swedish study shows. "Over 100,000 biopsies are ...

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in San Diego County to offer a new minimally invasive prostate biopsy procedure that reduces the risk of infection, improves imaging for accuracy and may ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new procedure for prostate cancer biopsies is now being offered at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. The center’s downtown Adult ...

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.

SAN DIEGO—Urologists may need to re-examine the use of oral fluoroquinolones (FQ) as prophylaxis after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) biopsy of the prostate, according to study findings ...

Concordance between MRI fusion versus TRUS prostate biopsy and final pathology at radical prostatectomy: Data from the PURC. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Genitourinary Cancers ...