Scans that make prostate cancer cells glow can eliminate the need for invasive biopsies and cut false positive—and they're ...

New findings from the phase III PRIMARY2 trial presented at EAU26 suggest that PSMA PET/CT imaging after inconclusive or reassuring MRI can safely reduce prostate biopsies by about 50 percent without ...

A scan that makes prostate cancer cells “glow” could halve the number of men needing invasive biopsies, research suggests.

A prostate biopsy checks for prostate cancer by extracting tissue samples. A transperineal biopsy has a lower infection risk than a transrectal biopsy. Biopsy results are usually ready within about ...

Australian scientists say it could also help reduce the risk of overdiagnosis by determining which cancers are low-risk and will never cause harm.

But does it cost too much?

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 ...

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 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 ...

Dr. Hu noted that the investigators used a personalized approach to prophylactic antibiotics in the patients undergoing the transrectal biopsy procedure. Rather than giving the men a broad-spectrum ...

Patient-adjusted nitrous oxide (N 2 O), commonly called laughing gas, did not reduce anxiety associated with transrectal prostate biopsy but significantly reduced pain as compared with standard ...