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What Is a Prostate Biopsy?

A prostate biopsy involves removing prostate tissue to test for cancer. Learn about types, procedure, risks, and follow-up ...
Founded by Dr. Thomas Crisman, Genome Based Diagnostics has focused on developing accessible and reliable testing solutions ...
A muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure. Doctors order them to help diagnose certain diseases that involve muscles. During a muscle biopsy, a small piece of tissue is removed from a specific ...
The biggest message we have for our patients is that we understand lung cancer is a scary disease,” Smith said, “but if we ...
University Hospital in Newark — which is also the principal teaching hospital for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School — added the transperineal prostate biopsy procedure to its cancer-detection arsenal.
FirstHealth of the Carolinas is the first and only health system in North Carolina using a new tool called the Van Gogh™ Microscopy System—a major step forward in how pulmonologists and other ...
Eleven years ago, I was shocked to be diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. To offer an informed second opinion, an oncologist recommended that I have a standard-of-care CT-guided thoracic biopsy. The ...
The literature review included 25 studies related to diagnostic impact of liquid biopsies versus tissue biopsies and 3 studies that assessed the economic impacts of the 2 biopsies. Liquid biopsy’s ...
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Prostate cancer affects one in six men in the U.S. Urologists recommend men between the ages of 50 and 75 get a prostate screening, which includes a ...
Background Disappointing outcomes in Sjögren’s disease (SjD) trials underscore the need for reliable, sensitive endpoints.
At the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), held in Hangzhou, China, ...
Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS, reflects on a first-year residency case that taught her the importance of trusting her ...