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 ...

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Payers want to make sure patients are getting biopsies done so they can get on the right therapies, said Bhuvana Sagar, MD, Oncology Consultants. I think liquid biopsies are great. I think previously, ...

—Canio Martinelli, MD, Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Sbarro Health Research Organization at Temple University in Philadelphia, discusses this rapidly evolving field. Liquid biopsy ...

Jim, a 57-year-old Boston businessman, climbs up on an examining room table at Brigham and Women's Hospital for a procedure that's high on most men's list of dreads: a prostate biopsy. A doctor will ...

Research biopsy specimens collected in clinical trials often present requirements beyond those of tumor biopsy specimens collected for diagnostic purposes. Research biopsies underpin hypothesis-driven ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has multiple genotypes of which genotype 1 is the most common in the United States. Cirrhosis does not develop in all patients infected with HCV. Elevated serum ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old male in relatively good health. The only prescribed medication I take is 5 mg of amlodipine daily. My issue is my PSA score. In 2004, I had a UTI, and the urologist ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old male in relatively good health. The only prescribed medication I take is 5 mg of amlodipine daily. My issue is my PSA score. In 2004, I had a UTI, and the urologist ...