For Excisional Biopsy we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Horse Health, Pathology and Skin Cancer.

Excisional Biopsy (Breast Cancer)

The surgical removal of the entire lump.

Excisional Biopsy (Cancer)

A surgical procedure in which an entire lump or suspicious area is removed for diagnosis. The tissue is then examined under a microscope.

Excisional Biopsy (Health)

Surgical removal of tissue for pathological analysis

Excisional Biopsy (Horse Health)

Biopsy sample representing an entire (small) lesion, removed surgically both as diagnosis and treatment

Excisional Biopsy (Pathology)

Surgery to remove tissue for examination.

Excisional Biopsy (Skin Cancer)

The taking of a suspected lesion plus a margin of normal tissue around the lesion in the hopes of removing the entire lesion and any small cells of the lesion, invisible to the naked eye, that may be spreading out. Many medical textbooks/doctors say that benign moles should be removed with a two-to-three-millimeter area or margin, i.e., approximately the size of a small pencil eraser, around them. Many authorities think that the average nodular basal-cell cancers can be removed (with 90% confidence or 10% unsurety) by taking 3 millimeters (1/8 inch) of the normal tissue around the clinically visible edge of basal-cell cancer. Some newer studies suggest that a cure rate of 95% of squamous-cell skin cancer/carcinoma may require the excision of a five-millimeter border of normal tissue, meaning about 5% will be missed. Excisional surgery (see Standard surgical excision in the glossary) is the treatment of choice for melanoma and many other conditions.

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