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Sometimes cancer cells are found in the blood, particularly with Sezary syndrome. Skin biopsies. A procedure to cut away a small sample of skin (skin biopsy) is ...
Biopsy of tissue from the lung; Removal of mucus, a foreign body, or other obstruction in the airways or lungs, such as a tumor; Placement of a small tube to ...
Biopsy. Your health care provider removes a small piece of affected tissue for examination in a laboratory. The tissue is examined to see if it has the cell ...
... biopsy. A bone marrow biopsy involves taking a sample of solid bone marrow material. A bone marrow aspiration is usually done at the same time. During an ...
Traditional biopsies are difficult for this cancer because of the accessibility and quality of the tumor tissue. A liquid biopsy could improve the opportunity ...
Do you have a family history of other types of cancer? Have you had a breast biopsy before? Do you know the results of previous breast biopsies? By Mayo Clinic ...
If the biopsy shows cancer and your doctor removed the entire leukoplakia patch with an excisional biopsy, you may not need more treatment. If the patch is ...
Each year, more than one million women have biopsies that show noncancerous changes in the breast, known as benign breast disease (BBD).
... biopsy,” combining the Greek bios (life) and opsis (a sight). In the decades since, clinicians have performed countless biopsies on suspected cancer ...
A biopsy that uses ultrasound is called an ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. If it uses X-rays, it's called a stereotactic breast biopsy. The tissue samples are ...
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