A prostate biopsy involves removing prostate tissue to test for cancer. Learn about types, procedure, risks, and follow-up ...

A genetic test might spare lymph node biopsy surgery among melanoma patients. About 93% of people classified as low risk by ...

A genomic test co-developed by Mayo Clinic and SkylineDx can identify whether people with melanoma are at low or high risk ...

A muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure. Doctors order them to help diagnose certain diseases that involve muscles. During a muscle biopsy, a small piece of tissue is removed from a specific ...

University Hospital in Newark — which is also the principal teaching hospital for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School — added the transperineal prostate biopsy procedure to its cancer-detection arsenal.

The biggest message we have for our patients is that we understand lung cancer is a scary disease,” Smith said, “but if we ...

FirstHealth of the Carolinas is the first and only health system in North Carolina using a new tool called the Van Gogh™ Microscopy System—a major step forward in how pulmonologists and other ...

Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS, reflects on a first-year residency case that taught her the importance of trusting her ...

The plan was to do a robotic-assisted laparoscopic procedure in three weeks, which would be less invasive than a 6-to-8-inch ...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topić is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.