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The following types of skin biopsies are used to diagnose melanoma:1
Shave biopsy: This technique uses a sterile razor blade to shave off the top layers of the skin.
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Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Follow-up testing—scans, biopsies, the full diagnostic arsenal—confirmed thirty-six cases of cancer.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Eventually, liquid biopsy might be used to screen for previously undetected cancers in both dogs and people, Karlsson says.
—Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025
Guidelines for prostate cancer screening note that people should work with their healthcare provider to consider the benefits of early detection of prostate cancer vs. the risks, such as unnecessary biopsies (removal of tissue to analyze in the lab) and overtreatment.
—Julie Scott, People.com, 8 July 2025
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Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Follow-up testing—scans, biopsies, the full diagnostic arsenal—confirmed thirty-six cases of cancer.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Eventually, liquid biopsy might be used to screen for previously undetected cancers in both dogs and people, Karlsson says.
—Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025
Guidelines for prostate cancer screening note that people should work with their healthcare provider to consider the benefits of early detection of prostate cancer vs. the risks, such as unnecessary biopsies (removal of tissue to analyze in the lab) and overtreatment.
—Julie Scott, People.com, 8 July 2025
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vivisection
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In lab research, one potential concern is performing live dissections, once known as vivisection, without anesthetics or analgesics.—
Bob Fischer,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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There certainly are other critiques of Trumpian corruption to be seen on Broadway this season, but few speak so eloquently as Mamet’s vivisection from 1983.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Biopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biopsy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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