Non-infiltrative anesthetics are safe and effective in treating pain from transrectal prostate biopsy, according to research from the Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the University ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although sextant biopsy is inadequate and the current reference standard involves a minimum of 12 cores, there is a point of diminishing returns regarding the numbers of cores. We published findings ...

Wright et al conducted a 12-core biopsy study evaluating the location of unique prostate carcinoma. 35 The most common site of isolated disease was the anterior apex, where 17% of cancers would have ...