“All cancerous tissue was successfully removed," Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. The lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest during his physical last month was cancerous, White House physician Dr.

Researchers analyzed the diagnostic value of stereotactic brain biopsy in patients with leukemia presenting central ...

The use of a noninvasive pigmented lesion assay significantly improved biopsy specifity, which may allow dermatologists to miss fewer melanomas while reducing the number of benign lesions biopsied, ...

Doing an immediate biopsy in patients with a suspicious oral lesion — or referring a patient to a specialist who can — remains the single most important recommendation made by the American Dental ...

Mucocele-like lesions of the breast are ruptured ducts that discharge their contents into the stroma. They constitute a spectrum from benign to atypical to malignant. The current management of these ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KOLOA, Hawaii — Distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions is key when managing eyelid lesions, a ...

An expert discusses features of a skin lesion that would prompt a skin biopsy in the diagnosis of locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (laBCC). Anna C. Pavlick, D.O.: Biopsies do not have to be done ...

When metastatic tumors driven by drug-targetable genetic mutations become resistant to a targeted therapy drug, the usual practice is to biopsy a single metastatic lesion to test for new mutations ...

In tertiary referral centres a number of patients are referred with eyelid malignancies, which have been confirmed by biopsy. The precise location of the biopsy is not always specified and this can ...

Never partially biopsy a suspicious pigmented lesion. All dermatologists have this dogma drilled into their psyche from day 1 of residency. Following this ideal, any patient who presents with a ...

Biopsy means removal tissue samples from a suspected lesion. It is one of the most important diagnostic tools for detection and confirmation of certain cancers. It can also determine the type of ...

Randomized Phase II Study of 3 Months or 2 Years of Adjuvant Afatinib in Patients With Surgically Resected Stage I-III EGFR-Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Needle biopsy represents a less invasive ...