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Penis biopsy - is cancer diagnosis the only time you have to do it?
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To make diagnosis: A biopsy is removal of all or part of a lesion for examination by a pathologist. Biopsy is essential to establish a diagnosis of cancer. However, just because a biopsy is done does not mean that the lesion is cancer. Biopsy is a diagnostic procedure.
Answered 6/20/2012
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