In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from your body. A pathologist analyzes the sample to check for cancer cells. The main method for diagnosing prostate cancer is a core needle biopsy. It’s ...

In a randomized trial of prostate cancer screening methods, a blood-based diagnostic test and MRI with subsequent targeted plus systematic prostate biopsies outperformed the standard approach of ...

The technique, called transperineal prostate biopsy, collects prostate tissue via a needle through the skin of the perineum, the area between the rectum and the scrotum. The procedure, which uses ...

A large randomized trial conducted at Tampere University and the University of Helsinki shows that a new three-step prostate cancer screening method can find a considerable number of aggressive ...

Our study found that PZ biopsies offer no additional benefit for TZ lesion tumors, and increasing the number of cores in the TZ region can compensate for the current limitations of TZ biopsies. These ...

Seven years after the activation of the prostate biopsy service using Fusion technology, one of the most advanced innovations internationally for combating prostate cancer, the 'San Michele' Clinic in ...

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 ...