A fiduciary is a person or institution given the power to act on behalf of another in situations that require great trust, honesty and loyalty. Fiduciaries you may already be familiar with include accountants, attorneys, bankers, business advisors, financial advisors, mortgage brokers and real estate agents.
As these sound waves are reflected back to the transducer, it records and transmits them to the monitoring device, which creates the images (sonograms). In the presence of an abnormal PSA and/or if the results of TRUS are suspicious for prostate cancer, a prostate biopsy is performed.
It plays an important role in most prostatic diseases. It is necessary for all prostate biopsies. If the PSA is elevated or increasing rapidly or there is an abnormal prostate examination then a transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsy may be indicated to obtain tissue to make the diagnosis of prostate cancer.