Prostate Biopsy Transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy poorly detects and rules out clinically significant prostate cancer. CHICAGO — Transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy ...

Dr. David Jarrard answers the question: 'What Is A TRUS-Guided Biopsy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What is a TRUS-guided biopsy, when is it used to diagnose prostate cancer, and what are the ...

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 ...

Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy using a 12-core scheme is the standard biopsy approach for men with suspected prostate cancer. Among the benefits of TRUS-guided biopsy is its fairly good ...

Prostate biopsy Magnetic resonance-transrectal ultrasound image fusion correctly identified index tumor locations in 95% of cases. Targeted biopsies using magnetic resonance-transrectal ultrasound (MR ...

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 ...

How reliable is a negative MRI/TRUS fusion biopsy? The predictive value of targeted biopsy for prostate cancer. Impact of timing of biochemical failure on the eventual development of clinical failure ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The standard of care for diagnosing prostate cancer is set to change because of results now published from a head-to-head comparison of two different approaches. The study, known ...

Results from the phase 3 PRECISE trial showed that MRI with targeted biopsies matched or exceeded the accuracy of the current standard for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer. The current ...

Previous studies have shown that a statistical model based on a panel of kallikrein markers in the blood (including total, free, and intact PSA, as well as kallikrein-related peptidase 2) can predict ...

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 ...

The use of multi-parametric MRI as a triage test may allow 27% of men with suspected prostate cancer to avoid a primary biopsy, according to results of a multicenter, paired-cohort, confirmatory study ...