Dr. Bruce Montgomery, a UW Medicine oncologist, hopes that patients won't see these numbers and just throw up their hands in fear or resignation.

A pathologist will then examine the tissue samples under a microscope, checking for cancer cells ... and reduce stress. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that surrounds the urethra (the tube that ...

A transrectal ultrasound scan (TRUS) is an examination of the prostate gland using ultrasound ... a series of small tissue samples from the prostate to examine under the microscope. You have the ...

doctors use a long needle to extract roughly a dozen samples from the prostate while looking at the gland on an ultrasound machine. Those samples can then be checked for cancer under a microscope.

Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive ... of the prostate and examining it under a microscope. Further tests, such as CT scans and ...

The prostate, a walnut-sized gland nestled below the bladder in men ... prostate under ultrasound guidance and examined under a microscope for the presence of cancer cells. Preventive measures ...

In addition, all patients received a systematic biopsy where several samples from the prostate are removed for visualization under a microscope. To assess differences between the techniques, the ...

NeuroSafe preserves the nerves running through the prostate’s outer layers ... frozen and stained so they can be looked at through a microscope. The samples are analysed to see if any cancer ...

Your doctor checks your prostate gland for abnormal signs such as lumps or hard areas ... They send the samples to a laboratory and a doctor looks at them under a microscope to check for cancer. There ...

It begins in the prostate gland, which sits between the penis and the bladder. Experts do not know what causes it, but the risk increases with age. The prostate has various functions. These ...