Sentences with phrase «removed during a biopsy»

Fluorescence in situ hybridization, or FISH, is a screening test that can be performed on breast cancer tissue removed during a biopsy.

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During a colonoscopy, the polyp, which may appear to be benign (for example, it has a soft consistency), is removed and the tissue is sent to a pathologist for biopsy confirmation.

The new «tumor in a dish» method begins by taking the cancerous tissue removed during surgery or biopsy, cutting it up into small pieces and putting them in a special collagen gel that maintains them as «organoids» that retain the three - dimensional structure of the original tumor and include supporting cells from the tumor's environment.

Karnoub quickly closes the lid and explains that the human cells he tests were removed from patients during surgery or from biopsy specimens.

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy — marrow may be removed by aspiration and a needle biopsy under local anesthesia and conscious sedation so that the child remains calm and comfortable during the procedure.

Now, because a young oncologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles followed a hunch, there may be a safe, non-invasive way to biopsy retinoblastoma tumors — using fluid that's removed from the eye during chemotherapy and typically discarded.

Bone marrow biopsy and aspiration — marrow may be removed by aspiration and a needle biopsy under local anesthesia and conscious sedation so that the child remains calm and comfortable during the procedure.

During a skin biopsy, the doctor will remove tiny pieces of skin tissue for examination with a microscope.

During the biopsy, the doctor removes a tiny piece of tissue from the small intestine to check for damage to the villi.

During her time at ARL, Eleanor has had one eye removed, the two masses were excised and biopsied, results of which were benign.