The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute Highlights
Nearly a third of prostate biopsies resulted in a cancer diagnosis among a population of older men on Medicare. Men whose first biopsy did not find cancer often had multiple biopsies in the future, which increased the chance of a cancer diagnosis.While PSA (prostate-specific antigen) tests have become widely used in prostate cancer screening, a biopsy is what actually determines the presence of prostate cancer.
