biopsy
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A biopsy is when a small sample of skin, tissue or cells is taken from a patient's body for routine testing.
From BBC
Doctors currently depend on biopsies and MRI scans to evaluate tumors in cancer patients.
From Science Daily
A biopsy then confirmed she had a grade two oligodendroglioma, a rare, fast-growing incurable brain tumour, but it was in the earlier stages.
From BBC
Liquid biopsies that measure cfDNA have already shown promise for identifying cancer.
From Science Daily
I spent the next several days trotting to back-to-back appointments for procedures and tests, including a breathing test, a PET scan and a lung biopsy.
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