Currently, if a lump is found by X-ray, ultrasound or physical examination, women have to have part of it removed though a biopsy - an invasive procedure in which a needle is inserted to extract ...

Lakeland Regional Health is using a new cutting-edge technology called the ION robot to help cure lung cancer. The robot ...

Your healthcare provider commonly suggests this biopsy when you receive an abnormal result in other breast imaging tests like ...

A doctor may recommend a biopsy to investigate a breast lump. The type of biopsy a person has depends on the nature of the lump. Biopsies may cause some discomfort and bruising. A breast biopsy is ...

Investigators assessed whether MRI alone can identify all cases of Gleason grade group 2 or higher disease in patients on ...

This could potentially help personalise cancer treatment, they suggest, with hopes that patients could one day forego biopsy completely as doctors would be able to study tumours from scan images ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Despite high rates of disease misclassification and sepsis, the use of transrectal biopsy remains commonplace. Transperineal mapping biopsies mitigate these problems but carry increased cost and ...

A new blood test is designed to find mold infections deep inside the body, sparing patients from tissue biopsies.

Giles Coren, the brother of Victoria Coren Mitchell, has spoken about his diagnosis as doctors monitor his condition ...

Discover how 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT provide critical diagnostic accuracy for detecting high-grade transformations in chronic ...