What is Interventional
Oncology?
Interventional oncology is minimally invasive therapy for patients with liver, colorectal, lung, bone/soft tissue, kidney, and metastatic cancers.
Needle Biopsies
A biopsy is the removal of tissue to examine it for disease.
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How it Works
Tissue samples can be taken from any part of the body, in this case by an interventional radiologist with a small needle. Based on the type of biopsy, small samples of tissue are removed with the use of either X-ray, CT or ultrasound.
RadiologyInfo.org (2019). General Biopsy
https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/biopgen