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

A biopsy is when a small sample of skin, tissue or cells is taken from a patient's body for routine testing.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

She knew about harvesting tobacco and butchering a pig, but she’d never heard the words cervix or biopsy.

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