Health columnist Melinda Beck discusses a new 3-D mapping biopsy procedure used to search for prostate cancer that is being performed at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Before your prostate biopsy procedure, you can speak to your healthcare team about getting pre-procedure counseling. This will help you prepare for the procedure and also help relieve anxiety.

All repeat biopsies used a transrectal ultrasound-guided 12-core protocol, in which six biopsy cores were obtained from the periphery of the prostate (directed bilaterally at the base, mid-zone ...