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Biopsies can detect cancer, X-rays a broken bone.

From New York Times • May 30, 2021

Biopsies can overturn false positives but not overdiagnoses.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2020

Biopsies were collected to provide a baseline, and researchers also sequenced each patient’s white blood cells to rule out benign mutations.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2017

Biopsies can cause pain, fever, blood in the urine and infections, which are increasingly resistant to antibiotics.

From Nature • Dec. 14, 2015

Biopsies of their heart muscles will be taken after six months to measure the gene’s spread and how well it is working.

From Forbes • Aug. 12, 2014