Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Prostate Disorders Prostate Biopsy

A prostate biopsy is used to help determine a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Over 800,000 prostate biopsies are performed each year, most of them benign. Once a prostate biopsy is performed, the samples taken during the prostate biopsy will receive a Gleason score. Learn more about your prostate biopsy direct from the specialists at America's #1 Urology Center.

Prostate Biopsy Articles:

• Prostate Cancer Alert: Understanding Your Pathology Report

• Prostate Cancer Alert: What to Expect From a Prostate Biopsy

More on Prostate Biopsy:

• Diagnosing Prostate Cancer

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  A video of Dr. Getzenberg discussing is groundbreaking research on EPCA-2 and prostate cancer diagnosis.

• Prostate Glossary

All the articles in the Prostate area are derived from our monthly newsletter, Johns Hopkins Health After 50, our quarterly Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin, and our annual Johns Hopkins White Paper: Prostate. All of these publications are authored by the specialists at the Johns Hopkins James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute.

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Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Prostate Prostate Biopsy