Some now argue that more information can be gained about a tumour from a blood sample than a tissue biopsy. A tissue biopsy ... stage cancer as “finding a needle in a city of haystacks”.

Breast biopsy procedures involve removing a small sample of breast tissue to check for cancer or other abnormal cells. There are a few types. Core needle biopsy is most frequently used when breast ...

Inside the medullary cavity are the soft tissues that make up bone marrow. Bone marrow contains red bone marrow or myeloid tissue and yellow ... bone marrow biopsy needle is then inserted through ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy ... establishing the method of FNA biopsy. Thus, EUS-FNA is very useful to establish an initial tissue diagnosis of malignancy, but ...