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Video Tuesday: Prostate Needle Biopsy by k Patient Expert Posted Tue 23 Jun 2009 5:09pm is a test that allow your doctor to remove a small amount of tissue from the prostate and send it to a lab for testing. A needle biopsy is - as the name implies - done with a needle rather than with surgery. Click on the TV screen below to watch a quick video explaining how a prostate needle biopsy is done. Just scroll down a bit when you get to the video Read on »
Significance of Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Mon 25 May 2009 11:29am Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because... on initial prostate needle biopsy. J Urol. 2001;166:866–870. 2. Cheville JC, Reznicek MJ, Bostwick DG. The focus of “atypical glands,suspicious for malignancy” in prostatic needle Read on »
Significance of Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because... immunohistochemical findings. Significance of ASAP. - Prostate cancer is found in up to 60% of repeat biopsies after the diagnosis of ASAP. Thus ASAP in a biopsy is a significant predictor Read on »
Significance of Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Mon 25 May 2009 11:29am Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because... on initial prostate needle biopsy. J Urol. 2001;166:866–870. 2. Cheville JC, Reznicek MJ, Bostwick DG. The focus of “atypical glands,suspicious for malignancy” in prostatic needle Read on »
Significance of Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation (ASAP) in Prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Sat 25 May 0009 12:00am Many time while reporting prostate needle biopsy, we come across features, which are suspicious for malignancy, but hinder a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma, because.... Significance of ASAP. - Prostate cancer is found in up to 60% of repeat biopsies after the diagnosis of ASAP. Thus ASAP in a biopsy is a significant predictor for concurrent Read on »
Reporting parameters for positive prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Fri 22 May 2009 10:40pm According to college of American pathologists (CAP)the mandatory items for reporting positive prostate biopsies are: Histologic type - typically adenocarcinoma... Quantitation - 3 possible methods for tumor qyuantification; 1) % of prostatic tissue involved by tumour 2 ) total linear mm of carcinoma 3) number of positive cores/total number Read on »
Reporting parameters for positive prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm According to college of American pathologists (CAP)the mandatory items for reporting positive prostate biopsies are: Histologic type - typically adenocarcinoma... Quantitation - 3 possible methods for tumor qyuantification; 1) % of prostatic tissue involved by tumour 2 ) total linear mm of carcinoma 3) number of positive cores/total number Read on »
Reporting parameters for positive prostate needle biopsy by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Tue 07 Apr 2009 12:36pm According to college of American pathologists (CAP)the mandatory items for reporting positive prostate biopsies are: Histologic type - typically adenocarcinoma... Quantitation - 3 possible methods for tumor qyuantification; 1) % of prostatic tissue involved by tumour 2 ) total linear mm of carcinoma 3) number of positive cores/total number Read on »
Breast Core needle biopsy procedure by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 9:28am modality used for biopsy are :- • Stereotactic • Ultrasound (US) • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Stereotactic breast core needle biopsy : –Uses X-ray imaging for localizing... Device (VAD) – Needle gauges range from 7-14 depending on the lesion biopsied Not all mammographically detected lesions/changes are biopsied. Radiologists use Read on »
Breast Core needle biopsy procedure by Dr.Prashant Jani Patient Expert Posted Mon 29 Sep 0010 12:00am modality used for biopsy are :- • Stereotactic • Ultrasound (US) • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Stereotactic breast core needle biopsy : –Uses X-ray imaging for localizing... Device (VAD) – Needle gauges range from 7-14 depending on the lesion biopsied Not all mammographically detected lesions/changes are biopsied. Radiologists use Read on »