Sentences with phrase «needle biopsy samples»

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«The minimum sample volume required is only 1 µL for analysis of 92 proteins, which has been proven to be a great advantage for applications with limited sample volumes, such as pediatric applications, fine - needle biopsies, and tumor microbiopsies,» he says.

Previously, the most accurate form of testing for thyroid cancer was a fine - needle aspiration biopsy, where a doctor guides a thin needle to the thyroid and removes a small tissue sample for testing.

The surgeon mounts it on the side of the operating table and fixes to the end a surgical instrument or a biopsy needle for taking samples of tissue.

Next step: a biopsy, in which a needle, usually inserted through the rectum, samples several spots in the prostate gland.

The racially diverse study sample consisted of two groups: 89 patients diagnosed with low risk prostate cancer (clinical stage T1 - T2a, biopsy Gleason score 6 or less, and prostate specific antigen less than 10 ng / ml), who initially underwent AS, and 420 patients without cancer who had a negative prostate needle biopsy.

Guided by a camera and the ultrasound probe, Waxman carefully positioned the endoscope over the tumor and passed a fine needle into the pancreatic lesion to sample tissue cells for biopsy.

In many cases cancers can be diagnosed by withdrawing a sample of tumor cells with a small needle, while in other cases a surgical biopsy may be performed.

If fine needle aspirate is found to be diagnostically lacking, then a tissue sample known as a biopsy is necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more of various sampling techniques such as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy and full excision.

Sometimes, obtaining the appropriate samples may involve specialized procedures, such as surgical biopsies, fine needle aspirates, or other specialized procedures performed under anesthesia.

To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more sampling techniques such as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy, and full excision.

A biopsy is very different from a needle sample of a tumor (fine - needle aspirate), where cells are drawn out with a needle and placed on a slide to be examined under a microscope.

If a mass is spotted, a needle would be used to remove a sample of cells for a biopsy.

If the tumor is behind the eye, there is a special tool (fine - needle aspirate) that will allow your veterinarian to take a sample (biopsy).

Your veterinarian may obtain this sample by performing a needle aspiration, a punch biopsy, a tissue biopsy or a full surgical excision.

Sometimes, the veterinarian can obtain these biopsy samples without surgery by directing a biopsy needle with an ultrasound machine; or using an apparatus called a laparoscope.

Various sampling procedures may be needed such as needle aspiration, punch biopsy, full excision biopsy or exploratory surgery (for tumors in the abdomen).

Various sampling procedures may be needed, and may include needle aspiration, punch biopsy, full excision biopsy or exploratory surgery (for internal tumors).

Obtaining the appropriate samples may occasionally involve specialized procedures such as surgical biopsies, fine needle aspirates, or other specialized procedures performed under anesthesia.

We can use a slightly larger needle and try again, biopsy the lump (obtaining a small tissue sample), remove the entire lump with surgery, or monitor it carefully and see if it changes in a short period.

To confirm the diagnosis, a sample of bone marrow, obtained by needle aspiration or needle biopsy, may be required to confirm the diagnosis.

Diagnosis is based on tests including using fine needle aspiration cytology to take a sample, ultrasound, CT imaging or examination of a biopsy.

To diagnose this feline hepatic lipidosis, your veterinarian will do a blood test and take a liver sample for testing (biopsy) using a technique called fine needle aspiration.

In order to obtain the appropriate tissue samples, your veterinarian may recommend various sampling techniques, such as trans - tracheal washes, fine needle aspirates and surgical biopsy using bronchoscopy or exploratory surgery.

They may also do a fine needle aspiration biopsy (take a sample) of any enlarged lymph nodes (lymph nodes are gathering points for cancer within the blood circulatory system).