biopsy

She underwent a brain biopsy carried out by a private neurosurgeon.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Doctors send a blood sample and biopsy of the tumor, where the cancer’s genetic profile is analyzed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Despite that, he said, it took five months for California City to get him a biopsy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

With additional research, she hopes extracellular vesicles might one day function as a type of liquid biopsy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Then, a few days later, Jones got her biopsy results from the pathology lab: “Epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix, Stage I.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

If a patient gets a positive test, they are instructed to undergo a cancer work-up, whether that’s imaging or biopsies.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

A suspicious spot can lead to repeat imaging, biopsies, significant expense, and most importantly, months of worry—only to turn out to be benign.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

The government said the clinic would offer women access to investigations including ultrasound scans and endometrial biopsies during the same visit, which could not be provided at a standard GP appointment.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

These patients “are having more and more and more scares, biopsies, concerns, and they feel like they already have cancer,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

TeLinde set out to minimize what he called “unjustifiable hysterectomies” by documenting what wasn’t cervical cancer and by urging surgeons to verify smear results with biopsies before operating.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Consultant plastic surgeon Neil Wickham checked her face, confirmed a biopsied lump on her arm was benign, and referred her to ENT for a separate lump in her neck.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

In diagnostic testing, a pathologist examines biopsied tissues under a microscope to identify cellular abnormalities that may hint at disease.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

So McGrane and colleagues biopsied the tongue of a 6-year-old male cat that had been euthanized for health reasons unrelated to the study.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2023

The “Strong Looks Better Naked” author opened up about her history with skin-cancer scares in 2016, telling then-users of her official app that she frequently has moles checked and often has to have them biopsied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

In 1951, the same year Jones biopsied Henrietta’s tumor, researchers from Columbia University reported that the two types of cancer were easily and often confused.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

But the laborious strategy deployed in this study — biopsying the tumor, sequencing it and then dividing the patients into mutation-guided treatments — provided few novel therapeutic inroads.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2018

The movement today is toward biopsying 5-day embryos using microarray comparative genomic hybridization, which examines all 23 chromosome pairs and provides a more detailed picture of the entire length of the chromosomes.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2014