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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Prostate cancer detection, characterization, and clinical outcomes in men aged 70 years and older referred for transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsies.
Prostate biopsies are expensive around $1,000 and may be painful or psychologically traumatic, says Partin.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Biopsies are performed by inserting a long, very thin needle that opens inside the prostate and can take multiple, sliver-like pieces of prostate tissue for microscopic analysis.
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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Doctors then may take biopsies of various sectors of the prostate using tiny hollow needles inserted through the rectum.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Prostate biopsies performed two years following radiation therapy are positive for cancer in 20% 30% of patients.
Biopsies are the only definitive way to determine if prostate cancer is present.
Prostate Biopsies Given the limitations of the ultrasound, it is standard to do a series of random biopsies even if the ultrasound is normal.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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BIOPSIES All prostate biopsies are guided by TRUS.
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