Biopsy

"Biopsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body.

Descriptor ID	D001706
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.500.384.100 E01.370.225.998.054 E01.370.388.100 E04.074 E05.200.500.384.100 E05.200.998.054 E05.242.384.100
Concept/Terms	Biopsy Biopsy Biopsies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Biopsy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
Cytological Techniques [E01.370.225.500]
Cytodiagnosis [E01.370.225.500.384]
Biopsy [E01.370.225.500.384.100]
Specimen Handling [E01.370.225.998]
Biopsy [E01.370.225.998.054]
Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical [E01.370.388]
Biopsy [E01.370.388.100]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Biopsy [E04.074]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Cytological Techniques [E05.200.500]
Cytodiagnosis [E05.200.500.384]
Biopsy [E05.200.500.384.100]
Specimen Handling [E05.200.998]
Biopsy [E05.200.998.054]
Cytological Techniques [E05.242]
Cytodiagnosis [E05.242.384]
Biopsy [E05.242.384.100]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Biopsy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Biopsy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 354 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2011 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	5	5
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	5	6
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	11	11
2003	1	7	8
2004	0	8	8
2005	0	8	8
2006	2	10	12
2007	0	19	19
2008	2	19	21
2009	1	9	10
2010	1	20	21
2011	2	21	23
2012	0	10	10
2013	0	12	12
2014	6	12	18
2015	2	21	23
2016	1	20	21
2017	2	19	21
2018	0	20	20
2019	2	17	19
2020	1	10	11
2021	1	17	18
2022	0	9	9
2023	0	4	4
2024	0	4	4
2025	0	3	3
2026	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Biopsy" by people in Profiles.

Steiner D, Sultan L, Sullivan T, Liu H, Xiao X, LeClerc A, Melvin S, Alekseyev YO, Liu G, Mazzilli SA, Zhang J, Suzuki K, Rieger-Christ K, Burks EJ, Beane J, Lenburg ME. Vascular invasion-associated gene expression is detectable in pre-surgical biopsies of stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Nat Commun. 2026 Mar 24; 17(1).

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Zeidel A, Cole L. Glandular Crowding of the Endometrium: Clinical Outcomes of a Diagnostic Gray Zone. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2026 Jul 01; 45(4):291-296.

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Marya NB, Powers PD, AbiMansour JP, Marcello M, Thiruvengadam NR, Nasser-Ghodsi N, Rau P, Zivny J, Mehta S, Marshall C, Leonor P, Che K, Abu Dayyeh B, Storm AC, Petersen BT, Law R, Martin JA, Vargas EJ, Chandrasekhara V. Multicenter validation of a cholangioscopy artificial intelligence system for the evaluation of biliary tract disease. Endoscopy. 2026 01; 58(1):47-55.

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Dai YL, Khodor A, Ruiz-Lozano RE, Tucker S. Familial giant cell arteritis. BMJ Case Rep. 2025 05 26; 18(5).

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Ricardo JW, Bellet JS, Jellinek N, Lee D, Miller CJ, Piraccini BM, Richert B, Rubin AI, Lipner SR. Evaluation and diagnosis of longitudinal melanonychia: A clinical review by a nail expert group. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 07; 93(1):176-187.

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Patel KR, Nguyen PL, Proudfoot JA, Liu Y, Pra AD, Spratt DE, Pollack A, Sandler HM, Efstathiou JA, Lawton C, Simko JP, Rosenthal SA, Zeitzer KL, Mendez LC, Hartford AC, Hall WA, Desai AB, Pugh SL, Davicioni E, Tran PT, Feng FY. Biopsy-based Basal-luminal Subtyping Classifier in High-risk Prostate Cancer: A Combined Analysis of the NRG Oncology/RTOG 9202, 9413, and 9902 Phase 3 Trials. Eur Urol Oncol. 2026 Apr; 9(2):413-421.

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Best MC, Butow P, Savard J, Newson AJ, Campbell R, Vatter S, Napier CE, Bartley N, Tucker K, Ballinger ML, Thomas DM. From ownership to custodianship of tumor biopsy tissue in genomic testing: a mixed methods study of patient views. Oncologist. 2024 09 06; 29(9):e1169-e1179.

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MacDonald EA, Katz EL, Pearson TF, Harris JE. Performing Suction Blister Skin Biopsies. Curr Protoc. 2024 Jun; 4(6):e1073.

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Herringshaw E, Kinne M, Joyce R, Nutan F. Evaluating the role of bone scan in diagnosing calciphylaxis in practice-A retrospective case series of patients who were clinically managed for calciphylaxis despite resulting negative on initial biopsy. Australas J Dermatol. 2024 May; 65(3):283-286.

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Gibbons CH, Levine T, Adler C, Bellaire B, Wang N, Stohl J, Agarwal P, Aldridge GM, Barboi A, Evidente VGH, Galasko D, Geschwind MD, Gonzalez-Duarte A, Gil R, Gudesblatt M, Isaacson SH, Kaufmann H, Khemani P, Kumar R, Lamotte G, Liu AJ, McFarland NR, Miglis M, Reynolds A, Sahagian GA, Saint-Hillaire MH, Schwartzbard JB, Singer W, Soileau MJ, Vernino S, Yerstein O, Freeman R. Skin Biopsy Detection of Phosphorylated a-Synuclein in Patients With Synucleinopathies. JAMA. 2024 04 16; 331(15):1298-1306.

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