Prostate Biopsy Findings. PROSTATE biopsy under local anesthesia showed similar safety and detection outcomes, with better ...

A prostate biopsy checks for prostate cancer by extracting tissue samples. A transperineal biopsy has a lower infection risk than a transrectal biopsy. Biopsy results are usually ready within about ...

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 ...

Scans that make prostate cancer cells glow can eliminate the need for invasive biopsies and cut false positive—and they're ...

But does it cost too much?

New findings from the phase III PRIMARY2 trial presented at EAU26 suggest that PSMA PET/CT imaging after inconclusive or ...

A scan that makes prostate cancer cells “glow” could halve the number of men needing invasive biopsies, research suggests.

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 ...

Dr. Hu noted that the investigators used a personalized approach to prophylactic antibiotics in the patients undergoing the transrectal biopsy procedure. Rather than giving the men a broad-spectrum ...

Australian scientists say it could also help reduce the risk of overdiagnosis by determining which cancers are low-risk and ...

Patient-adjusted nitrous oxide (N 2 O), commonly called laughing gas, did not reduce anxiety associated with transrectal prostate biopsy but significantly reduced pain as compared with standard ...