During a surgical biopsy, a surgeon makes an incision in your skin to access the suspicious area of cells. Examples of surgical biopsy procedures include surgery to remove a breast lump for a possible breast cancer diagnosis and surgery to remove a lymph node for a possible lymphoma diagnosis. Surgical biopsy procedures can be used to remove part of an abnormal area of cells (incisional biopsy).
Blood cancer is a type of cancer or tumor. Blood cancer hurts the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system. Sometimes more than one body part is hurt. The cause is usually different from other types of cancer. The way to find out if a person has this cancer is also different. The treatment is usually drugs. People with blood cancers see a kind of doctor called a hematologist (blood doctor) or oncologist (cancer doctor).
What is stomach cancer? Stomach cancer is a malignant tumour that starts in cells of the stomach. Malignant means that it is a cancerous tumour that can spread, or metastasize, to other parts of the body. The stomach is part of the digestive system. It is a muscular, sac-like organ in the upper abdomen. In the stomach, the food is mixed with digestive juices.