Physical exam: Vital signs (i.e., heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, temperature) can offer clues to the severity of the pneumonia. Physical exam may reveal labored breathing with use of accessory muscles in the neck, chest, and abdomen.
During a prostate biopsy, your doctor guides a small probe into the rectum and removes a small tissue sample from the prostate for further examination. This tissue allows your doctor to stage the disease and determine an appropriate treatment plan. Contact Us. (800) 615-3055 or. 1  Privacy Policy. 2  Disclaimer. 3  Editorial Policy.
Therefore, we use a prostate MRI to plan and guide your biopsy using novel targeting technology. For most biopsies, we remove 12 to 14 tissue samples. If the results indicate that you have prostate cancer, we may perform more tests to better understand the tumor and come up with your best plan of action.