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biopsy

  • Rheumatologist Patrick Riccardi discusses the improved outlook for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Pulmonologist Ronaldo Ortiz-Pacheco explains how lung biopsies are done and what the results may mean. Urologist Joseph Jacob talks about a targeted therapy that might be an option for some patients with high-risk bladder cancers who want to avoid bladder removal.
  • One risk of prostate biopsy has been infection, but a new way of obtaining prostate tissue for testing greatly reduces that risk, say urologists Oleg…