biopsy

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I spent the next several days trotting to back-to-back appointments for procedures and tests, including a breathing test, a PET scan and a lung biopsy.

From The Wall Street Journal

But these biopsies can be very invasive and sometimes cause harm, and doctors may struggle to get a sample.

From BBC

Scans and biopsies followed, and a week and a half later she was given a diagnosis of oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

From BBC

Despite not having any symptoms, a CT scan, biopsy and MRI confirmed the disease in March 2023.

From BBC

Her parents say GPs had downgraded her referral for biopsies to a routine one because of her age, meaning her cancer went undetected until it was too late.

From BBC