Prostate Biopsy Findings. PROSTATE biopsy under local anesthesia showed similar safety and detection outcomes, with better comfort trends for transperineal sampling. A retrospecti ...

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 ...

But does it cost too much?

In a study, only 3 of 372 patients (0.8%) undergoing the procedure experienced post-biopsy infectious complications. Transperineal biopsies may be performed in an office under local anesthesia, with ...

Under adequate local anesthesia, the size of the transrectal ultrasound probe made no difference to pain perception during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy, according to a PubMed report.

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

The 2026 European Association of Urology (EAU) annual meeting featured a PARP inhibitors for prostate cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Martin Gleave discussing how to optimize tissue biopsy ...

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 ...

A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove small samples of tissue from the prostate gland. It's a method to test for prostate cancer if a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test or digital rectal ...

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 ...