What is a 'prostate biopsy'?

What is a 'prostate biopsy'?

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A prostate biopsy involves utilizing an ultrasound machine to guide a needle to specific sites of the prostate to obtain tissue samples to determine if there is prostate cancer. Generally there's no ill-lasting effects of such a biopsy.