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Clinical partnership adopts MRI-guided, best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies

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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in Aotearoa and Tairāwhiti has adopted a global best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies.

A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove samples of suspicious tissue from a man's prostate. The tissue is then looked at under a microscope to check for cancer.

Through a new clinical partnership between Te Whatu Ora and Mātai Medical Research Inst...


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