VIENNA, Austria — Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided biopsy of the prostate is a safe and effective alternative to the standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, and patients prefer it, according to 2 ...

Prostate cancer is increasingly recognised as a major public health care problem with 17 210 new cases registered in England and Wales in 1993, and 8570 deaths. 1 Screening for prostate cancer remains ...

April 29, 2003 (Chicago) — Transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy appears to be safe and effective for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a new study ...

The report suggests that high-resolution micro-ultrasound could help identify clinically significant lesions that would be missed with conventional MRI. High-resolution micro-ultrasound (micro-US) ...

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.

Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guidance during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) can compensate for decreased tactile feedback during laparoscopic surgery compared with the open procedure, ...

A transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is a surgical procedure used to obtain tissue cores in order to diagnose or exclude the presence of cancer. As such, the technique carries its own risks ...

Science Progress (1933-), Vol. 103, No. 4 (2020), pp. 1-24 (24 pages) Traditional hand-held ultrasound probe has some limitations in prostate biopsy. Improving the localization and accuracy of ...

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy improves discrimination between clinically significant and insignificant prostate tumors and can ...

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have evaluated the major sources of pain for some men during in-office prostate biopsy and an anesthetic method that can best lessen it. Findings were presented recently at ...