In a biopsy, doctors take tissue samples for pathologists to examine, usually under a microscope. Biopsies are common in cancer screening but have other uses. Learn more here.

A biopsy uses tissue from your body to test for cancer cells. But can you tell if you have cancer without one? Learn about some of the new techniques for finding cancer and if they take the place ...

Prostate biopsy. Multiple needle biopsies are taken at one time from the prostate gland. To reach the prostate, a probe is inserted into the rectum. Skin biopsy.

We assessed the efficiency of gene transfer by examining biopsy specimens of vector-injected biceps muscles and untreated biceps muscles on day 42 (in Patients 1, 3, 4, and 6) or day 90 (in ...

The cardiac arrest leading to Joan Rivers’ death happened as the comedian’s doctor performed a biopsy on her vocal cords, a source told CNN.

When it came time for the biopsy, she started to panic. She was just about to hit the button that would tell the technicians to stop the procedure when she felt a hand on her back.

RYAN SCHOENFELD: You could use liquid biopsy to be more dynamic, more nimble, to switch therapies, to find the right therapy. So it's got a lot of potential for patients.

Two cancers were identified but were deemed by the investigators, together with an expert multidisciplinary team, as being unrelated to the vector. A liver biopsy that was conducted in 1 ...

A gastric (stomach) tissue biopsy and culture is a medical procedure used to diagnose stomach conditions. A stomach biopsy can detect bacteria, inflammation, and cancers. It is usually performed ...