Both navigational bronchoscopy and computed tomography–guided transthoracic needle biopsy are commonly used in patients undergoing biopsies of peripheral pulmonary nodules, but the relative ...

A transperineal biopsy is a needle biopsy to look for cancer cells in the prostate. This helps to diagnose prostate cancer. Your doctor puts a needle into the prostate. They put it through the skin ...

For biopsy of indeterminate lung nodules, navigational bronchoscopy was on par with transthoracic needle biopsy and led to fewer complications, the VERITAS trial showed. Biopsy resulted in a ...

Patients and Methods: A total of 139 patients (age range, 18–89 years; mean, 62.5 years) underwent CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy or 20-gauge core biopsy using an automated ...

Second, unlike other studies, surgical correlation and validation of percutaneous biopsy results were not performed because several of our patients pursued nonsurgical options. For this reason ...

ASCO convened an Expert Panel and conducted a systematic review of the medical literature published from September 1, 2014, through October 26, 2016. This review builds on two 2015 systematic reviews ...

Several specialists examined the baby and performed many different tests including laparoscopic surgery to check her stomach and intestines and a bone marrow biopsy, prosecutor Ryan Schmidt said ...