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Is there a more thorough test for liver cancer than biopsy?
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Yes and no.: A biopsy is performed to make a diagnosis, with the gold standard a pathologist confirming cancer in a tissue sample. If a biopsy shows cancer, no further testing is needed. Biopsies can miss cancers by sampling error, but not all liver cancers need biopsies to establish the diagnosis. The only procedure more "thorough" is surgical resection of the liver, which is done for treatment not diagnosis.
Answered 12/9/2013
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No: Biopsy would be the most definitive diagnostic means to test the cells themselves for any abnormalities.
Answered 3/26/2013
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No: Not only would a biopsy be able to diagnose a malignant tumor, but it would be able to classify the type of liver malignancy, of which there are many, each potentially having different treatments.
Answered 12/17/2014
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