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> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:59:19 -0500, jinx the minx
> > wrote:
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>> John Kuthe > wrote:

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>>> Yes, a biopsy is basically a procedure to obtain a very small sample of
>>> cellular tissue to look at it under a microscope and see if there is any
>>> evidence of cancerous cells. The only real objective way to obtain the
>>> evidence of cancers. All the "marker" tests merely look for bloodborne
>>> evidence of possible cancers somewhere in the body. A liver biopsy looks
>>> at the liver tissue itself for evidence of cancers in your liver.
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN....
>>>

>>
>> Liver biopsies are also done to diagnose and gauge cirrhosis, hepatitis,
>> hemochromatosis and other liver disorders--not just cancer, and certainly
>> not "cancers".

>
> Quite - a little medical knowledge is a dangerous thing.
>


No doubt about that.

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