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 ...

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of ...

The University Hospitals Urology Institute is the first health care facility in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer, officials recently announced. According to UH, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

From University Hospitals: The University Hospitals (UH) Urology Institute is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer. The method allows the urologist to obtain ...

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 ...

The recent FDA approval of the IsoPSA blood test may represent a notable advancement in prostate cancer screening and diagnosis. Developed by Cleveland Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostic instrument ...

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 ...

Laser Prostatectomy In a series of 25 men, radiographic evidence correctly predicted significant prostate cancer in all patients on final pathology. Performing radical prostatectomy (RP) based solely ...

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 ...