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 ...

Fear of discomfort and unnecessary treatment often deters patients from prostate cancer screening, despite the benefits of early detection. Prostate cancer can be asymptomatic, making early detection ...

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 prospective, multi-center phase 3 PRIMARY randomized trial tested the additive diagnostic value of PSMA PET imaging in high-risk men with negative or equivocal MRI in the diagnosis of significant ...

Prostate MRI currently lacks the accuracy to replace biopsies in active surveillance for prostate cancer. The negative predictive value of MRI remains below 90%, the general goal for safely avoiding ...

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An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found. Findings ...

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 ...

Micro-ultrasound–guided biopsies were found for the first time to be “noninferior” to MRI-guided procedures, according to new research presented at the 2025 annual congress of the European Association ...