Drs. Anders Kjellman and Charles-Karim Bensalah debated whether patients with imaging findings suspicious for RCC should routinely undergo a renal mass biopsy (RMB). Dr. Gaelle Margue began the ...

Abstract: Traditional renal biopsy pathological analysis relies heavily on subjective judgment by pathologists, which is time-consuming and susceptible to inter-observer variability, especially in ...

A trial found no meaningful difference in detection of clinically significantly prostate cancer between multiparametric MRI-based and microultrasound-based biopsy techniques. Microultrasonography ...

A biopsy means removing a sample of cells or tissue and looking at it under a microscope. You may have a liver biopsy to help diagnose liver cancer. But not everyone needs to have one. Doctors can ...

The British Royal College of Pathologists recommend a specimen size of at least 1 cm and a minimum of 6 portal tracts 2, whereas the AASLD guidelines recommend a biopsy length of 2 cm, a minimum of 11 ...

and renal origin. Other lesions include benign tumours, infection, and granulomatous diseases such as sarcoidosis, as evidenced in the authors’ study. The remainder six out of 43 samples produced ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

We have to thread the “therapeutic needle” to determine the optimal treatment strategy – and offering ... he will discuss additional stratification tools with each patient as below to help guide best ...

A womb biopsy is when a sample of tissue is taken from the lining of the womb. This is also called an endometrial biopsy. Your doctor sends the sample to the laboratory. This is where a pathologist ...

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

It may soon be replaced by a new model designed as a more affordable version of the Tuft & Needle Original. If that happens, this article will link to the updated model. The Nod mattress is what I ...

Your doctor may do a biopsy before ablation so a pathologist can look closely at the tumor cells to see if there is cancer. Cryoablation (cold ablation) is when very cold gases are passed through a ...