can help ease associated pain and discomfort. Using imaging techniques during a biopsy helps reduce the chances of missing the cancer. Before your prostate biopsy procedure, you can speak to your ...

Patients are awake for the procedure, and though typically ... With the reduction of patients' pain during prostate biopsy, our results suggest that the option of adjuvant nitrous oxide may ...

Health columnist Melinda Beck discusses a new 3-D mapping biopsy procedure used to search for prostate cancer that is being performed at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

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 ...