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 ...

While the majority of prostate cancers are detected in the peripheral zone (PZ), [1] recent MRI data suggest that the anterior zone (AZ) of the prostate, an area that is not palpable on digital rectal ...

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 ...

Less than 1% of patients who underwent the procedure under local analgesia and without antibiotic prophylaxis experienced post-biopsy infection, a study found. Transperineal magnetic resonance imaging ...

A transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of the prostate may also be called a prostate sonogram or endorectal ultrasound. A doctor usually performs a TRUS to help diagnose prostate cancer or detect prostate ...

Arnhem, The Netherlands - Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Ultrasound (MRIUS)- guided prostate biopsy has high sensitivity to detect prostate abnormalities compared with transrectal ultrasonography ...

Why did you apply this technology to prostate cancer in particular? Dr. Dogra: As an adjunct professor of urology, I am interested in prostate cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in ...

Interferon + BCG May Be an Alternative to Radical Cystectomy Study participants with acute urinary retention after TRUS-guided prostate biopsy were 4.5 times more likely to skip a recommended ...

Excluding systematic biopsy in favor of MRI-targeted biopsy in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels reduced the probability of detecting clinically insignificant cancers, but at ...