A prostate biopsy procedure is the most definitive way of diagnosing prostate cancer, though new tests and technologies are emerging that may make this invasive screening unnecessary for many people.

A prostate biopsy is a procedure that involves extracting tissue samples from the prostate and examining them to check for cancerous cells.

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 ...

More careful patient selection for prostate biopsy would reduce health care pollution associated with the procedure, according to study results published in European Urology.In the study ...

With current limitations of PSA testing and standard 12-core biopsy ultrasound to detect prostate cancer reliably, investigators evaluated 105 men using the new targeted prostate fusion biopsy method.

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 new procedure for studying problems in the prostate leads to a more accurate diagnosis and a potential reduction in the number of prostate removal surgeries.

A biopsy is the usual follow-up procedure if a man's prostate-specific anti­gen level is consistently elevated, as shown by a blood test. In a standard biopsy, a urologist uses an ultrasound ...

Absolutely necessary to diagnosing cancer, a prostate biopsy is not quite the cakewalk that some sources would have you believe. MSNBC.com's Mike Stuckey describes his experience.

Could imaging replace a painful biopsy in testing for prostate cancer? Such is the vision of Jelle Barentsz, MD, PhD, from the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, who ...

University Hospital in Newark has added the transperineal prostate biopsy procedure to its cancer-detection arsenal.