Einstein once said: “To look to the future, we must first look back upon the past,” and it is interesting to note that the very first prostate biopsies performed in the early 20th century by Benjamin Barringer at Memorial Hospital in New York were obtained via the perineum (the skin overlying the prostate). The close […]
Dr Olly Hulson
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Historically, paediatric tumour biopsies were undertaken using an open surgical technique, but this is invasive and confers morbidity. Now, given the advances in paediatric interventional radiology (IR) techniques, there is a growing preference for tumour biopsies in children to be performed using a percutaneous image-guided technique as this has been shown to be accurate and […]
Rebecca Craig, Premal Patel, Kishore Minhas
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, with an incidence of approximately 52,000 diagnosed each year. Women attending the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) for routine mammography will sometimes be recalled for further assessment, requiring additional imaging and/or a biopsy to evaluate the nature of a breast abnormality. These biopsy […]
Joleen Kirsty Eden
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
There are considerable benefits to be gained from biopsying fewer lesions at breast imaging. These include preventing patient discomfort, saving radiologist/advanced practitioner time hence improving clinic throughput, saving pathology time, preventing patient anxiety while waiting for the result and saving multidisciplinary team meeting time. These benefits do need to be balanced against the tragedy of […]
Professor Andy Evans, Dr Yee Ting Sim
University of Dundee School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and East of Scotland Breast Screening Centre
Proximal biliary strictures (PBS) are located at the liver hilum or within the proximal third of the extrahepatic bile duct. Patients with these lesions are most likely to present with painless jaundice and a blood profile consistent with biliary obstruction. The majority of proximal biliary strictures are due to cholangiocarcinoma; however 10-25% are related to […]
Dr Conor Aleman, Dr Homoyoon Mehzard
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with a one in eight lifetime risk and 46,690 new cases diagnosed in the UK in 2014. Between 1979 and 2011 the incidence of prostate cancer in the UK has increased by 155%. The introduction of PSA testing and systematic transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsies is responsible […]
Terence Farrell, Dr Peter Beddy
St James's Hospital, Dublin