Bone is one of the most common location where cancer cell spread, about 10,00 cases of bone cancer were recognize each year in the United States. Bone cancer happens when the cancer cells gain a contact to the blood and reach the bone marrow. Then they will obtain oxygen and food by growing new blood vessels, through that cancer cells will spread immediately. Bone cancer is really painful this is because the tumor eats up the bone creating a hole that makes the bone lame and thinner.
There are numbers of test done to diagnose the cancer which includes blood tests, imaging procedures through X-rays and physical examination. Among all the most common and resourceful to use is the biopsy. In this procedure a sample tissue from the tumor of the cancer patient is examined by the pathologist. The result of the test can aid the doctors to determine what type of cancer it is and how fast it spread to the patient’s body.
The needle biopsy which is also known as image-guided biopsy is associated with moving X-ray, computed tomography, and ultrasound to conduct the process. The equipment assisting the process is the stereotactic equipment which help them to locate where the tumor or abnormalities is situated. Needle biopsy is an out patient method that conducted to test the tissue of a cancer patient. This is low in risk and complications.
Advantages of Needle biopsy:
• Through image guidance the tumor can undergone into needle biopsy without causing complications to the organs of the body.
• The patient don’t need to undergone to a open surgery
• Period of recovery is faster
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Jun 28, 2011 @ 07:44:37
