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When to biopsy and when to stop biopsying [PDF]
Urologic Clinics of North America, 2003 With the widespread use of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate in men with suspected prostate cancer, physicians are faced with the dilemma of treating a patient with a high index of suspicion of prostate cancer but with an initial set of negative biopsies.
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Gastric biopsy: a comparison of biopsy forceps
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1983Endoscopic biopsy under direct vision is widely used to establish the diagnosis of gastric lesions. Numerous reports indicate that the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic biopsy for gastric cancer varies from 70% to >90%.1-7 Secure histodiagnosis is the major goal of both gastroenterologist and pathologist; yet, biopsy specimens obtained by forceps are ...
Mark I. Siegel +4 more
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Liquid biopsy in breast cancer: A comprehensive review
Clinical Genetics, 2019Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Due to its complexity in nature, effective breast cancer treatment can encounter many challenges. Traditional methods of cancer detection such as tissue biopsy are not comprehensive enough to
Sahar Alimirzaie +2 more
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Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope for Fine-Needle Biopsy.
Soft Robotics, 2020Wireless capsule endoscopes have revolutionized diagnostic procedures in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract by minimizing discomfort and trauma. Biopsy procedures, which are often necessary for a confirmed diagnosis of an illness, have been incorporated ...
Donghoon Son, H. Gilbert, M. Sitti
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Dermatologic Surgery, 2004
A comparison of diseased areas of skin with adjacent normal skin is often useful in making a diagnosis. Fusiform incisional biopsies have been suggested as a means to this end.To describe a more effective alternative method for obtaining incisional biopsies.Text and photographs are used to demonstrate the technique and effectiveness of what we call the
Robert H. Schosser, Brian L. Baker
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A comparison of diseased areas of skin with adjacent normal skin is often useful in making a diagnosis. Fusiform incisional biopsies have been suggested as a means to this end.To describe a more effective alternative method for obtaining incisional biopsies.Text and photographs are used to demonstrate the technique and effectiveness of what we call the
Robert H. Schosser, Brian L. Baker
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Liquid Biopsy: General Concepts
Acta Cytologica, 2019Liquid biopsy provides the opportunity of detecting, analyzing and monitoring cancer in various body effluents such as blood or urine instead of a fragment of cancer tissue. It is composed of different biological matrices such as circulating tumor cells (
G. Poulet, J. Massias, V. Taly
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 1995
For many years, nerve biopsy has been very useful for clarifying the mechanism and aetiology of human peripheral neuropathies. Recently, this morphological examination has greatly benefited from the contribution of new immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and molecular biological techniques, which can often be used together in studies on inflammatory ...
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For many years, nerve biopsy has been very useful for clarifying the mechanism and aetiology of human peripheral neuropathies. Recently, this morphological examination has greatly benefited from the contribution of new immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and molecular biological techniques, which can often be used together in studies on inflammatory ...
Vallat, J.M. +2 more
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Sampling error and intraobserver variation in liver biopsy in patients with chronic HCV infection
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2002OBJECTIVES:Needle liver biopsy has been shown to have a high rate of sampling error in patients with diffuse parenchymal liver diseases. In these cases, the sample of liver tissue does not reflect the true degree of inflammation, fibrosis, or cirrhosis ...
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MRI to guide biopsies or avoid biopsies?
Current Opinion in Urology, 2018To discuss contemporary data on the value of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for guiding the decision to biopsy men at risk for prostate cancer, as well as its utility in active surveillance programs.Although a systematic 12-core biopsy is the current standard of care for men with increased suspicion for prostate cancer, MRI with or without targeted biopsy
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Liquid biopsy enters the clinic — implementation issues and future challenges
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021M. Ignatiadis, G. Sledge, S. Jeffrey
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