How to Use biopsy in a Sentence

biopsy

noun

• The date of the biopsy would be 60 days after the seizure.
  — Beth Kassab, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2018
• Treatments and biopsies will not be performed during the screening.
  — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The standard test includes a muscle biopsy, which is not practical for widespread use.
  — Amanda Loudin, ajc, 29 Apr. 2018
• Yes, a prostate biopsy has some risk of bleeding or infection, things like that, but these risks don’t compare to dying from prostate cancer.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
• From there, the next few weeks consisted of various appointments for imaging and a breast biopsy.
  — Alex Whitaker, PEOPLE.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Whitaker’s fiance, Tim Cheadle, proposed to her two days after her biopsy results came back.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• He was sent home after three days at the vet with a cone over his head, a slew of medications, and a biopsy shipped off to a lab to determine whether the mass was cancerous.
  — Janice Gary, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2018
• This can cause stress, anxiety, and lead to unnecessary diagnostic tests and biopsies, which come with their own set of harms and risks, including infection and pain.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 May 2018
• There is limited research showing the efficacy of biopsies in hysterectomies for fibroids.
  — Betsy McKay, WSJ, 2 May 2018
• Married patients also were more likely than the others to receive biopsies of nearby lymph nodes, usually recommended to guide treatment.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
• Endometrial biopsy is a test that can help evaluate the cause of infertility or uterine infections.
  — Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2018
• Then there was her skin: After a year on the water, under direct sun, Nicole had to get a round of extensive biopsies that resulted in hefty medical bills.
  — Charlotte Cowles, The Cut, 3 May 2018
• As part of the monitoring of his cancer, Howard gets PSA (prostate-antigen specific) tests twice a year and biopsies every other year.
  — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
• The meat begins with a biopsy the size of a sesame seed.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• That pushed her to give me a CT scan of my chest and a biopsy.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 19 June 2024
• And the scare turned out to be nothing — the biopsy came back clear.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2021
• Yuengling had a few things on her mind when signing up for the biopsy.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
• In the president's case, the site of the biopsy has healed nicely, O’Connor wrote.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• In the recovery room, a quick X-ray showed that the biopsy had gone as planned.
  — Jeffrey E. Poehlmann, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
• Maya was put through tests and a biopsy was done on her liver.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
• For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.
  — Rachel E. Gross, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• The doctor may want to take a biopsy of an abnormal area on the skin.
  — Anne Grauel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 May 2021
• Be present for my wife in the days leading up to her kidney biopsy.
  — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022
• And if all these were normal, the next step would be a bone-marrow biopsy.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• The lump turned into a scan, and the scan that turned into a biopsy–no–three biopsies.
  — Jessica Boudreaux, SPIN, 2 June 2022
• The next day, a doctor called with the results of her kidney biopsy.
  — The Philadelphia Inquirer, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2020
• The time from the biopsy to the implantation is about four to six weeks, Atala said.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 June 2022
• After the biopsy, Sylvia soon learned that doctors had found a melanoma.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 18 Apr. 2022
• Over the next month, a series of tests—including a PT scan and eight biopsies—revealed that La’Bounty had stage 4 breast cancer that had metastasized to her lungs, lymph nodes and sternum.
  — Joanne Fowler, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Sitting alone in an examination room, dressed only in a hospital gown, Kerry Schwartz awaited a gynecological biopsy to have a fibroid removed.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024