Prostate Cancer · Short answers
How long do prostate biopsy results take?
Usually about one week, sometimes a bit longer.
The short answer
Usually about one week, sometimes a bit longer.
A closer look
The lab looks at each sample, then reports whether cancer is present, its grade, and how much was found. Results are reviewed with you at a visit, so you can ask questions.
What you can do next
Schedule a follow-up visit to review your results and next steps.
How we talk about this in Johns Creek and Cumming
Patients who bring this question to 10730 Medlock Bridge Road or to our Cumming office on Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Road can walk through it with the urologist they see. The article is background; the visit is where we make a recommendation.
A related official video
An official Advanced Urology video on this topic.
Watch: #020 - Decoding PSMA PET / CT for Prostate CancerWhat the video covers. Titled "#020 - Decoding PSMA PET / CT for Prostate Cancer." The public description covers a prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography and computed tomography scan, used to look for prostate cancer.
Where to read more
- Our page on this topic
- Johns Creek Clinic & Surgery Center
- Cumming Clinic
- Read this topic on learn.advancedurology.com
- Related page on advancedurology.com
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How long do prostate biopsy results take?
Usually about one week, sometimes a bit longer.
Can I discuss this at either office?
Yes. We see patients at the Johns Creek Clinic & Surgery Center and at the Cumming Clinic. Mention prostate cancer when you book, and we will place the visit.
Request an appointment at Advanced Urology. Call 678-344-8900 or Book online.
How we handle the wait, in this office, after a biopsy
Before you leave the Johns Creek surgery center, or the facility where the samples were taken, we tell you how the result will arrive and whom to call if the window passes. The script’s wording about timing stays as written. We would rather you hear the finding in a planned conversation than in a vague message, and we will set that conversation up when we book you.
If you are still waiting, or if you have not had the biopsy yet
Call 678-344-8900 and we will look at where the report is. If you are earlier in the path — a raised PSA, an MRI, a decision still pending — start at our prostate-health page or book a visit at Johns Creek or Cumming. Bring prior PSA values with you.
Official videos that sit around a biopsy, not in place of the report
One official PSMA PET/CT piece and Dr. Nicholas Farber’s official DocTalk on prostate cancer are background for the days around a biopsy. They will not tell you what your pathology says; that still comes from the report and from our urologists.
- Watch: #020 - Decoding PSMA PET / CT for Prostate Cancer
What the video covers. Titled "#020 - Decoding PSMA PET / CT for Prostate Cancer." The public description covers a prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography and computed tomography scan, used to look for prostate cancer.
Watch: DocTalk: Primary Care Physician & Urologist Discuss Prostate CancerWhat the video covers. Titled "DocTalk: Primary Care Physician & Urologist Discuss Prostate Cancer." The public description states that early prostate cancer typically presents no symptoms, and it features Dr. Farber of this practice and Piedmont Internal Medicine's Dr. Cutler on their approach.
Whenever a visit would help, the Johns Creek and Cumming teams are a phone call or a booked appointment away.