Prostate Biopsy

Biospy, Prostate

What Affects the Test

Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

• The biopsy may not contain enough tissue to make a diagnosis.
• A chance that a cancer may be missed since the biopsy takes a small amount of tissue.

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Author:	Bets Davis, MFA	Last Updated: February 25, 2009
Medical Review:	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology/Oncology
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