Prostate Biopsy Methods (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Prostate Biopsy Methods

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Illustration depicts how different biopsy methods take tissue samples (the black needles) from different regions in the prostate (brown oval object). MRI allows doctors to detect lesions (green oval object on right-hand image) and take tissue samples from such lesions specifically.

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