Sentences with phrase «simple as a biopsy»

Even something as simple as a biopsy can cost thousands of dollars as the samples are sent overseas and the waiting period is at least two weeks.

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A tool known as a liquid biopsy — which finds signs of cancer in a simple blood sample — promises to solve those problems and more.

A new University of Kansas research effort featured in the current edition of Integrative Biology has resulted in a low - cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic chip about the size of a credit card that can deliver the same diagnostic information as a bone biopsy — but using a simple blood draw instead.

If researchers can do a simple blood test as opposed to a tissue biopsy that saves time, resources, and ultimately pain.

As an alternative to an actual skin biopsy we can do a simpler test called a fine needle aspirate.