I was just wondering, what can biopsys check for? Is it just for cancer? Or for other conditions? Please help!!!!
2007-02-09 13:32:23 · 5 answers · asked by Cali_forever! 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Tissue biopsy is most commonly performed to determine the presence or absence of cancer, but biopsy can also indicate neurological disease (such as AML or multiple sclerosis), infections, inflammatory changes and many other nonmalignant processes.
2007-02-10 08:35:01 · answer #1 · answered by Drdisaia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biopsies check for Cancer and many other things too. A biopsy can diagnose a skin disease, it can tell the difference between inflammation, proliferation of cells. It can diagnose all kinds of tissue diseases from warts to moles or hyperkeratosis in the skin. A biopsy essentially tells everything there is to know on the cellular level, not just cancer.
Biopsies are done routinely on all tissue samples removed from the human body. It distinguishes different cells.
2007-02-09 23:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Biopsy's can also check for infections. I had a biopsy and it showed I had an infection.
2007-02-09 22:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by mickey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
biopsy just checks for cancer....comes back "benign" or "malignant"
2007-02-09 22:20:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just cancer
2007-02-09 22:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by barb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋