Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS ... prostate cancer in a patient with an elevated serum PSA level or abnormal DRE of the prostate but serial biopsy is also used in patients with known low-risk ...

A prostate ultrasound scan can show changes in your prostate, including abnormal growths. The ultrasound scanner has a microphone that gives off sound waves. The sound waves bounce off the organs ...

Adopting the new tool, named micro-ultrasound – or microUS – would ... compare microUS procedures with MRI ones specifically for prostate cancer. As part of the trial, 677 men underwent ...

This technique combines MRI with a transrectal ultrasound to more precisely sample ... based on either elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or an abnormal digital rectal examination, to enroll in ...

Micro-ultrasound–guided biopsies were ... in eight countries of men with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer, elevated PSAs, abnormal digital rectal exams, or a combination of these risk ...

"When I find an abnormal PSA ... 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," he continued.

The new procedure uses heat energy to target cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. It is only offered through the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A groundbreaking treatment for prostate cancer now available in Virginia aims to improve patient outcomes while minimizing side effects associated with traditional surgeries and ...

or abnormal digital rectal examination underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy to confirm BPH. To avoid using data from patients with prostate cancer, participants with a PSA level >10 ng ...