In a core-needle biopsy, the doctor uses a thicker needle (about 1/16 to 1/8 inch in diameter) to remove a larger amount of tissue. This is also an outpatient procedure that requires only local ...

For diagnostic accuracy, HPV WGS demonstrated statistically significant superiority versus ddPCR (0.99 vs 0.90), HPV antibody testing (0.83), and clinical workup (0.82).

We received back the results of Tom's Prostate Biopsy and they did identify cancer in 3/15 core samples taken. The doctors indicated that it was an intermediate grade cancer with a Gleason score of 7.

News • NHS rollout Liquid biopsy: new ‘blood test-first’ approach for lung cancer A new ‘liquid biopsy’ test can help fast-track lung cancer patients to receive targeted therapy up to two weeks ...

Compared with traditional fluid biopsy, the emerging non-blood-derived fluid biopsy lacks the consensus and clinical verification of the pre-treatment and analytical methods. The body fluids collected ...

Background: Limited data is available on survival outcomes following sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) as a substitute for pelvic lymphadenectomy (PL) in cervical cancer. We aimed to prospectively ...

26. Dhir A, Hayashi M, Bodlak A, Oesterheld J, Loeb DM, Mascarenhas L, et al. Phase II trial of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel for recurrent osteosarcoma with serial monitoring using liquid biopsy: A ...

Ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy has high sensitivity in the diagnosis of breast cancer. The present study is aimed at detailing the main steps of such procedure, including indications, advantages ...

Traditional biopsy replacement: If a patient is unable to have a more invasive traditional biopsy, a liquid biopsy may offer the same information, depending on the cancer.