Dr. Roach weighs in on whether a patient should proceed with a prostate biopsy after conflicting test results.

A urologist explains what a prostate biopsy involves and who really needs one ...

I am 68 years old and have an enlarged prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). I’ve been taking tamsulosin for about seven years. My PSA level has slowly creeped up and was recently measured ...

ROACH: I am 68 years old and have an enlarged prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia. I’ve been taking tamsulosin for ...

Improvements in the PSA screening process make it worth another look.

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men worldwide, with an estimated 1.55 million new cases in 2024. 3 MRI helps clinicians assess whether prostate cancer may be present ...

Urologists use a cystoscopy to enter the urethra to visualize the bladder, prostate, and other parts of the lower urinary tract in people assigned male at birth. Doctors may recommend a cystoscopy to ...

The prostate is a walnut-sized organ that sits behind your penis. Its purpose is to help make semen. It usually gets larger with age. Sometimes as the prostate gets larger with age, cancer cells form ...

Since there were no particular issues with the pre-admission tests, it was decided that I would undergo a prostate biopsy ...

Grade group 1 and ASAP on prostate biopsy predict future prostate cancer risk and should not be ignored. Prostate biopsy findings of Gleason grade group (GG) 1 or atypical small acinar proliferation ...

In a population-based study, patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or urinary tract infections (UTIs) were more than fourfold more likely to undergo prostate biopsy but showed 44% lower ...