excisional biopsy

medicine

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cancer diagnosis

  • precancerous growth in a human colon
    In cancer: Biopsy

    In excisional biopsy the entire tumour is removed. This procedure is carried out when the mass is small enough to be removed completely without adverse consequences. Incisional biopsies, which remove only a piece of a tumour, are done if the mass is large. Biopsies obtained with…

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diagnosis of lesions

  • stereotatic biopsy
    In biopsy

    An excisional biopsy is the total removal of the lesion to be examined and is most often used to diagnose skin lesions. The major advantage of excisional biopsy is that it provides the pathologist with the entire lesion and minimizes the chance that a cancer in…

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