What kind of patient needs a prostate biopsy?

Prostate nodules, prostate space-occupying lesions, prostate specific antigen elevated patients need to do prostate biopsy.

1, prostate nodules

if rectal digital examination found prostate nodules, need to be through prostate biopsy to clarify the nature of prostate nodules.

2, prostate space-occupying lesions

for imaging examination, such as ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging found prostate space-occupying lesions, need to clarify benign and malignant, can be performed prostate biopsy.

3, prostate specific antigen elevated

Do tumor marker examination found prostate specific antigen elevated, to alert the possibility of prostate cancer, through this examination to clarify the pathological diagnosis.