Why didn’t you do a direct comparison between patients undergoing TP prostate biopsy and patients undergoing TRUS biopsy? Dr. Grummet: That was beyond the scope of our resources at the time, and our ...

Analysis of false-positive biopsy results of PIRADS 4 lesions in multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate: Experience from a single nonacademic center using cognitive fusion.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article misidentified a source in the story. He is Jim Hu, MD, not James Hu, MD. Researchers have concluded that transperineal prostate (TP) biopsies should ...

Associations between patient sociodemographic factors and non-treatment for localized prostate cancer. N represents the total number of biopsies in each variable category. The mean difference is the ...

A biopsy is a sample of tissue taken from the body in order to examine it more closely. A doctor should recommend a biopsy when an initial test suggests an area of tissue in the body isn't normal.

TP biopsy, on the other hand, requires booking your patient onto an operating list, having more sophisticated equipment, and giving a general anesthetic, and it takes considerably longer to do ...