Surgical biopsy
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| Surgical biopsy | |
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| Term | Surgical biopsy |
| Short definition | surgical biopsy - (pronounced) (SER-jih-kul BY-op-see) procedure in which an incision is made through the skin to remove abnormal tissue so it can be examined under a microscope for signs of disease. The two types of surgical biopsy are incisional biopsy, in which part of a lump or tissue sample is removed, and excisional biopsy, in which an entire lump or suspicious area is removed. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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surgical biopsy - (pronounced) (SER-jih-kul BY-op-see) procedure in which an incision is made through the skin to remove abnormal tissue so it can be examined under a microscope for signs of disease. The two types of surgical biopsy are incisional biopsy, in which part of a lump or tissue sample is removed, and excisional biopsy, in which an entire lump or suspicious area is removed. Also called an open biopsy
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Surgical biopsy
- Wikipedia's article - Surgical biopsy
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