This is a type of needle biopsy to look for cancer cells in the prostate. Your doctor takes a series of small tissue samples from the prostate to examine under the microscope. You have the biopsy ...

Does combined anesthesia aimed at addressing the two sources of pain associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy provide ... fibers at the time of needle insertion into the ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

Biopsies guided by high resolution ultrasound are as effective as those using MRI in diagnosing prostate cancer, an international clinical trial has shown. The technology, called micro-ultrasound ...

A trial found no meaningful difference in detection of clinically significantly prostate ... biopsy and combined microultrasonography/MRI biopsy were noninferior to conventional MRI-ultrasound ...

A prostate biopsy procedure is when a doctor, often a urologist, inserts a long needle into the prostate ... lay down on their side and we insert an ultrasound probe into the rectum in order ...

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.

All repeat biopsies used a transrectal ultrasound-guided 12-core protocol, in which six biopsy cores were obtained from the periphery of the prostate (directed bilaterally at the base, mid-zone ...

A core needle biopsy, the main method for diagnosing prostate cancer, is typically performed in a physician’s office by a urologist. Using transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and a local anesthetic, the ...

Before a prostate biopsy is performed, various preliminary screening procedures are typically conducted. These include a ...

In addition, an ultrasound probe placed through one of the ports ... Another method for treating renal cysts and/or performing a renal biopsy is placing a needle through the skin into the cyst and/or ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.