Prostate ultrasound and biopsy are tests that check the abnormal results of a digital rectal exam or an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. Prostate ultrasound uses a probe about ...

During a digital rectal exam, your doctor inserts a finger up your bottom to feel if your prostate is enlarged or has bumps. Another option before a biopsy is an ultrasound. Instead of a finger ...

The doctor puts an ultrasound probe into your rectum. They might take samples of tissue from the prostate during this test. This is a TRUS guided biopsy. It can help to diagnose prostate cancer. You ...

Inc. reaches a milestone in prostate cancer diagnostics with its clinically validated SUREcore® biopsy needle and coreCARE® ...

A prostate biopsy procedure is when a doctor ... "We have people lay down on their side and we insert an ultrasound probe into the rectum in order to visualize the prostate and to measure it ...

The combination of these the two imaging technologies, known as a fusion biopsy, allows the doctor to see combined images of the prostate that are more detailed than MRI or ultrasound alone.

During this form of prostate biopsy, a doctor will use local anesthesia to numb the area. They will then use an ultrasound probe to guide a needle to take several small prostate tissue samples The ...

requiring complicated co-registration procedures to perform an accurate targeted biopsy into the most worrisome regions of the prostate. “Proceeding directly to a micro-ultrasound study avoids ...

Adopting the new tool, named micro-ultrasound – or microUS ... with MRI ones specifically for prostate cancer. As part of the trial, 677 men underwent biopsy at 19 hospitals across Canada ...

Even in the United States, only one-third of men have an MRI prior to biopsy, and this is decreased in the rural USA,” Dr. Adam Kinnaird, chair of prostate cancer research at the University of Alberta ...

Prostate biopsies are carried out in several different ways. The most commonly employed techniques are transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided systematic biopsy of the prostate, transurethral biopsy ...

Ultrasound is still used during this procedure. This type of biopsy bypasses the rectum and the prostate through the skin. Transperineal biopsies are associated with a lesser risk of infection and ...