Re: Doctors Debate Different Breast Biopsy Techniques

Re: Forceps-related endoscopic transpapillary biliary biopsy programmes, reply: endoscopic biopsy techniques for proximal biliary strictures.

We read the paper by Meng et al. (1) entitled “Accurate biopsy of bile duct without destroying duodenal papilla” with great interest. They described a new technique to perform endoscopic biopsy in a 75-year-old male with a biliary stricture, which was presumed to be a malignancy, in the hilar region. They used a 7-Fr dilatation catheter (COOK, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) and inserted it...

Re-moralizing the suicide debate.

Contemporary approaches to the study of suicide tend to examine suicide as a medical or public health problem rather than a moral problem, avoiding the kinds of judgements that have historically characterised discussions of the phenomenon. But morality entails more than judgement about action or behaviour, and our understanding of suicide can be enhanced by attending to its cultural, social, an...

Screening, imaging, and image-guided biopsy techniques for breast cancer.

Mammography remains the primary modality for breast cancer diagnosis. Other imaging studies, most commonly ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging, are also used to characterize breast lesions, stage breast cancer, and aid in surgical planning. Although mammography is the only screening examination demonstrated to decrease breast cancer mortality in the general population, other imaging ...

Re-biopsy in lupus nephritis.

A Review of Biopsy in Dentistry: Principles, Techniques, and Considerations

Biopsy is a useful technique for definitive diagnosis of abnormal oral conditions and it must be performed carefully since any error may result in histopathologic misidentification of the lesion. Present study evaluated the most relevant literatures published between 1982 and 2012 in order to review existed guidelines of correct biopsy performance using scientific database sources such as PubMe...