J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;21(11):1646-1655. A cooperative patient is an important condition for a complication-free performance of the biopsy. Sudden movements have to be avoided to prevent ...

Ancillary molecular testing is being used increasingly to direct personalized cancer therapy for solid organ malignancies. In a large fraction of patients, these diagnoses are established by using ...

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the most commonly used technique for performing a breast biopsy. For a palpable breast lump, a fine needle is inserted through the skin and directed towards the ...

Our study aimed to evaluate the safety and clinical impact of performing endosonography on clinical decision making in patients with a suspicion of PNET and to compare the influence of various needle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher proportion of thyroid nodules between 0.5 cm and 1 cm in diameter were definitively diagnosed with ...

Clinical breast examination (CBE) is one of the most common methods used for early detection of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries. CBE alone is limited by lack of specificity and may ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsies of soft tissue tumors are often not fully diagnostic on conventional Papanicolaou or Giemsa stains. Often, more useful information can be gleaned from preparing cell ...

Diagnostic microRNA serum profile in pancreatic cancer. Background: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided biopsy allows cytologic and/or histologic diagnosis of lesions within or adjacent to the ...