as in vivisection
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The worry was that screening could detect slow-growing cancers that may never cause harm but still result in unnecessary biopsies, anxiety, and treatments—some of which caused more harm than good.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Bone marrow biopsy: Your healthcare provider may collect a sample of your bone marrow, usually from your hip bone, to check for leukemia cells.
—Health, 24 May 2025
Improvements in prostate cancer screening and treatment Historically, an elevated PSA test led directly to a prostate biopsy, potentially causing unnecessary anxiety and sometimes overtreatment.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
After a prostate biopsy, a doctor specializing in examining tissues – a pathologist – grades the tumor by comparing the appearance of its cancer cells with that of normal prostate cells.
—Jason P. Joseph, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Bone marrow biopsy: Your healthcare provider may collect a sample of your bone marrow, usually from your hip bone, to check for leukemia cells.
—Health, 24 May 2025
Improvements in prostate cancer screening and treatment Historically, an elevated PSA test led directly to a prostate biopsy, potentially causing unnecessary anxiety and sometimes overtreatment.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
After a prostate biopsy, a doctor specializing in examining tissues – a pathologist – grades the tumor by comparing the appearance of its cancer cells with that of normal prostate cells.
—Jason P. Joseph, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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vivisection
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In lab research, one potential concern is performing live dissections, once known as vivisection, without anesthetics or analgesics.—
Bob Fischer,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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There certainly are other critiques of Trumpian corruption to be seen on Broadway this season, but few speak so eloquently as Mamet’s vivisection from 1983.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Biopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biopsy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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