Dr. James Lim, associate professor of pediatrics at UBC’s faculty of medicine, observes pediatric cancer cells grown in a ...

A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Stomach cancer—or gastric cancer—occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach wall ...

The type of cancer you have depends on the specific type of cell that the cancer developed from. To find this out, your doctor takes a tissue sample (biopsy). They send this to the laboratory, where a ...

A sample of tissue or fluid biopsy - which can be studied under a microscope to look for cancer cells and determine what kind of cancer it is, is another way to find out about your health.

They’ll examine your tissue sample under a microscope to see if it has cancer cells. A biopsy also provides information about cancer cells. This helps doctors choose which treatment is best for you.

A person living in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria is 34 per cent more likely to get skin cancer than other Victorians.

A thin layer of tissue is removed and looked at under a microscope. If cancer cells are seen in the outside edges of the tissue, another thin layer is removed and studied. When no cancer cells are ...

Nonetheless, suspected prostate cancer is typically confirmed by taking a biopsy of the prostate and examining it under a microscope. Further tests, such as CT scans and bone scans, may be ...

This is called secondary liver cancer or liver metastases. You may also have a liver biopsy. This means taking a sample of liver tissue and looking at it under a microscope to look for cancer cells.