Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS ... to confirm and grade prostate cancer in a patient with an elevated serum PSA level or abnormal DRE of the prostate but serial biopsy is also used in patients ...

Seventy-eight of these patients had at least one (range 1–3) previous negative extended TRUS guided prostate biopsy (Group 1), and the remaining 49 had a previous positive TRUS guided prostate ...

To address this, researchers have developed an advanced biopsy technique that combines MRI with TRUS, offering a more precise method of identifying suspicious areas within the prostate.