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VOTED AS AMERICA'S TOP UROLOGISTS A Division of Westchester Medical Group Transrectal sonography in prostate evaluation Boczko J, Messing E, Dogra V. Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;44(5):679-87, viii. Prostate cancer is the most prevalent newly diagnosed noncutaneous malignancy in men. With the continued use of prostate-specific antigen screening, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of prostate biopsied performed. Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) is an essential tool used for detecting prostate pathology and performing prostate biopsies. This article review the indications and principles of TRUS of the prostate, the technique of TRUS, and controversies pertaining to prostate core biopsy. 
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