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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the PSA is elevated: for which men is a biopsy necessary to confirm or rule out suspected prostate cancer? In a retrospective study, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and ...

An elevated PSA reading has long put men in an uncomfortable position: it signals possible prostate cancer, but it is ...

Discover how urine biopsy offers a less invasive and more accurate method for detecting bladder, kidney, and prostate cancers ...

MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests. A new meta-analysis by investigators from Brigham and ...

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 ...

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 ...