The American Cancer Society estimates that 288,300 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed ... anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Transrectal biopsy, in which a biopsy needle is passed ...

A transrectal ultrasound scan (TRUS) is an examination of the prostate gland using ultrasound. Your doctor might take samples of tissue from the prostate during this test. This is a TRUS guided biopsy ...

To perform prostate cancer biopsies, doctors use a technology called MRI fusion-guided biopsy. This technique combines MRI with a transrectal ultrasound to ... Further, since MRI equipment is not ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the developed world. The most widely used method of diagnosing prostate cancer involves a biopsy that passes a needle through the lining of the lower bowel ...

More information: Richard J Bryant et al, Local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy versus transrectal prostate biopsy in prostate cancer detection (TRANSLATE): a multicentre, randomised, controlled ...

Does combined anesthesia aimed at addressing the two sources of pain associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy provide a more effective form of pain relief than either modality ...

a prostate biopsy researcher at University of California Irvine, said the reduction in post-biopsy sepsis has been “an additional major advantage” of transperineal over transrectal prostate ...