If you have a thoracoscopic or open biopsy, you will be given light sedation or general anesthesia to help you relax. A tube is placed in your mouth and throat to help you breathe. Immediately ...

A new device out of LSU can detect where cancer cells end and healthy tissues begin. Here's what it means for health outcomes ...

A nerve biopsy involves the process of removing a small length of a peripheral nerve for histologic examination under the microscope. Several nerves can be biopsied but the major requirement for ...

He only discovered he had cancer when someone called to arrange another biopsy and told him it was "to see what stage of cancer you have". A consultant later told him he had throat cancer that had ...