Transrectal biopsy

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Transrectal biopsy is a biopsy procedure in which a sample of tissue is removed from the prostate using a thin needle that is inserted through the rectum and into the prostate.{{cite journal |last1=Moe |first1=Andrew |last2=Hayne |first2=Dickon |title=Transrectal ultrasound biopsy of the prostate: does it still have a role in prostate cancer diagnosis? |journal=Translational Andrology and Urology |date=December 2020 |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=3018–3024 |doi=10.21037/tau.2019.09.37|doi-access=free |pmc=7807378 }} Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is usually used to guide the needle.{{cite journal |last1=Hodge |first1=Kathryn K. |last2=McNeal |first2=John E. |last3=Stamey |first3=Thomas A. |title=Ultrasound Guided Transrectal Core Biopsies of the Palpably Abnormal Prostate |journal=Journal of Urology |date=July 1989 |volume=142 |issue=1 |pages=66–70 |doi=10.1016/S0022-5347(17)38663-9}}{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Joseph A. |title=Transrectal ultrasonography for the detection and staging of carcinoma of the prostate |journal=Journal of Clinical Ultrasound |date=October 1996 |volume=24 |issue=8 |pages=455–461 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199610)24:8<455::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-J|pmid=8884522 }} The sample is examined under a microscope to see if it contains cancer.