Prostate Biopsy Procedure: Purpose | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年5月5日—Aprostatebiopsyiswhenadoctorremovessmallsamplesoftissuefromyourprostatetotestforcancer.Yourdoctorwillorderoneiftheresults ...

A prostate biopsy[1] is when a doctor removes small samples of tissue from your prostate[2] to test for cancer[3]. Your doctor will order one if the results from a screening (a blood[4] test or a digital rectal exam[5]) show you might have prostate cancer[6].

This type of cancer[7] is very common. An estimated 174,000 men will be diagnosed with it this year, and about 31,000 will die from it. Still, for most men, it often causes no problems or is easily treated. A diagnosis of prostate cancer cannot be made without a biopsy[8]. 

The prostate is beneath the bladder[9] and in front of the rectum. It’s a walnut-shaped gland that surrounds part of the urethra. (That’s the tube that carries pee and semen out of the penis[10]). Here’s what it does: