A doctor advises a 68-year-old patient with a high 4Kscore result to proceed with a prostate biopsy despite a low-risk MRI.

A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove small samples of tissue from the prostate gland. It's a method to test for prostate cancer if a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test or digital rectal ...

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

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

I am 68 years old and have an enlarged prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). I’ve been taking tamsulosin for about ...

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 ...

If your doctor has recommended active surveillance for prostate cancer, your first reaction might be concern or even confusion. Are they really suggesting you do “nothing” about cancer? The truth is, ...

Since there were no particular issues with the pre-admission tests, it was decided that I would undergo a prostate biopsy (BioJet) as scheduled in September 2025, with a 3-day, 2-night hospital stay.I ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A very healthy male friend in his upper 50s has to make a decision whether to accept or decline his very aggressive urologist’s decision to do a biopsy of his prostate. It seems that ...

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 ...