The primary technique for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer, a transrectal biopsy, entails removing tissue from the prostate gland by inserting a thin needle through the rectal wall.

This prostate biopsy can be carried out in two ways: a transrectal biopsy and a transperineal biopsy. The urologist carrying out this procedure passes a hollow biopsy needle through the wall of ...

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 ...