Biopsy Diagnosis Prone to Error

Earliest Steps to Find Breast Cancer Are Prone to Error

By STEPHANIE SAUL

Biopsy diagnosis can be surprisingly prone to error in identifying breast cancer, often leading to unnecessary and disfiguring surgery.

n., pl., -sies.

1. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
2. A sample so obtained.

tr.v., -sied, -sy·ing, -sies.
To remove (tissue) from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

biopsic bi·op'sic (bī-ŏp'sĭk) or bi·op'tic (-tĭk) adj.