A liver biopsy is a medical procedure to check the liver for signs of disease or infection. It is considered the gold standard for diagnosing many types of liver disease. Your liver is a large ...

The biopsy showed I had a cancerous tumour ... The consultant gave me a number options: a liver transplant, chemotherapy, surgery to try to remove the tumour, or to do nothing and let it take ...

"Bariatric surgery was associated with a 72% lower risk of developing ... Study participants had similar characteristics, ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study ...

A Cleveland Clinic study reveals that bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk of serious liver complications in ...

Background: Biopsy is the usual gold standard for liver steatosis assessment. The aim of this study was to identify a panel of biomarkers (SteatoTest), with sufficient predictive values ...

Following the biopsy ... meaning she could have surgery in May 2023 to remove the bowel tumour. However, scans showed she still had tumours in her liver, which could not be operated on.

Liquid biopsy is a non-invasive method that can help detect and monitor cancer treatment It assesses neoplastic material from ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing ...