biopsy

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After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But Rosie got sicker and a biopsy showed in 2024 that she did have terminal cancer.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

And I would give almost anything not to have to worry about my next set of scans or blood tests or to undergo another marrow biopsy.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Others say the study could have overestimated the performance of the test because not all women had a biopsy - a more detailed test - to double check the result.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The biopsy But the doctor had made it clear that the ugly black hunk of skin was something bad.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan