ONCOLOGY Flashcards
(5 cards)
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Most frequently used for easily accessible tumors of skin, breast, upper and lower GIT, and Upper Respiratory Tract.
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EXCISIONAL BIOPSY
2
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- Performed if the tumor mass is too large to be removed.
- Just a wedge of tissue from the tumor is removed for analysis.
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INCISIONAL BIOPSY
3
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- Performed to sample suspicious masses that are easily accessible.
- Involves aspirating tissue fragments through a needle.
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NEEDLE BIOPSY
4
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It is an abnormal growth characterized by a continuing, purposeless, unwanted, uncontrolled, and damaging growth of cells that differ structurally and functionally from the normal cells from which they developed.
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CANCER
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