Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a procedure where a doctor inserts a gloved, lubricated ...

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in San Diego County to offer a new minimally invasive prostate biopsy procedure that reduces the risk of infection, improves imaging for accuracy and may ...

An expert explains what patients with low-grade prostate cancer can expect when undergoing genomic testing — and why the procedure is important. Patients with low-grade, non-aggressive prostate cancer ...

Keep reading as we discuss everything you need to expect before a prostate exam & everything you need to know.

A multi-institutional clinical trial showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches. A ...

Researchers from around the U.K., led by the University of Oxford, have found that a new way of performing prostate biopsies is better at diagnosing prostate cancer, but takes longer to perform and is ...

A Yale-led study examines the potential environmental benefits of more carefully selecting patients for prostate biopsy in a way that can also spare low-yield and potentially harmful procedures. Yale ...

Local anesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy for prostate cancer detection is gaining in popularity due to concerns about infectious complications with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy. LATP ...