A biopsy is the removal of a tissue or cell sample from a living patient for microscopic, immunohistochemical, or molecular examination to establish a diagnosis, grade disease, and guide treatment. Techniques range from fine-needle aspiration cytology and core-needle sampling to incisional and excisional biopsy, eac…
A biopsy is the removal of a tissue or cell sample from a living patient for microscopic, immunohistochemical, or molecular examination to establish a diagnosis, grade disease, and guide treatment. Techniques range from fine-needle aspiration cytology and core-needle sampling to incisional and excisional biopsy, each selected according to the lesion, accessible anatomy, and the diagnostic question. Histopathological and cytological assessment of biopsy material is central to oncology, where it confirms malignancy and characterizes grade and subtype, as illustrated by work on prostate cancer detection in older men, gastric carcinoma and its association with Epstein-Barr virus, and the cytology of lymphoid lesions. Biopsy also clarifies inflammatory and infectious disease, for example in the clinicopathologic analysis of granulomatous gastritis, and supports the evaluation of organ function, as in correlating Doppler ultrasonography with renal biopsy for post-transplant complications. In reproductive medicine, testicular biopsy informs the assessment of male infertility. Complementary non-invasive markers, such as prostatic fluid biochemistry, are studied as adjuncts or alternatives. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on biopsy indications, sampling methods, and diagnostic interpretation across these fields. Accurate biopsy and its interpretation matter because tissue diagnosis remains the reference standard against which clinical and imaging impressions are confirmed.
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