Mohamed Hammadeh

Consultant Urological Surgeon

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greenwich, London, UK.

Latest Contribution

History of prostate biopsy – part 2

1 September 2018 | | Basic Science Research, Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology

For Part 1 of this topic is available here. The major limitations of the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy (PBx) protocols are the risk of profound sepsis and the risk of persistently significant false negative rates, related to the...

History of prostate biopsy – part 1

1 January 2018 | | Basic Science Research, Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology

Part 2 of this topic is available here. Prostate biopsy (PBx) to exclude cancer has been part of clinical practice since the beginning of the 20th Century. PBx techniques have evolved over time to optimally address some of the unique...