3 articles on "biopsy"

Tests Show Possibility Of Cancer Yet Doctor Repeatedly Fails To Notify Patient

Male patients tend to possess a poor knowledge of prostate cancer, their own risk for the cancer, and how to determine whether they have prostate cancer. Many men have minimal, if any, knowledge of the merit of testing for prostate cancer or of the r...

Man Finds He Has Metastatic Prostate Cancer After 5 Years Of Symptoms And Abnormal Tests

Prostate cancer is a frightening disease. While not 100% accurate doctors use diagnostics tests to doctors to establish whether a patient has the cancer. But with the prospect of false negatives (a negative test outcome despite the fact that the pati...

Man Diagnosed With Advanced Prostate Cancer After Five Years Of Symptoms And Abnormal Tests

Prostate cancer is a terrible disease. Even if not 100% accurate there are diagnostic tests that assist doctors to identify when the cancer is present in a patient. However as a consequence of the chance of false negatives (a negative test outcome ev...