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 ...

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 ...

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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PSMA PET/CT-targeted biopsy detects more clinically significant prostate cancer than systematic biopsy alone in men with ...

A new review in Medical Oncology details how liquid biomarkers, advanced imaging, and artificial intelligence are transforming pre-biopsy discrimination of prostate cancer from benign disease.