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During a biopsy, your doctor removes a small amount of tissue for examination. It is an important way to diagnose many different types of cancer. After a biopsy, your health care team completes several steps before the pathologist makes a diagnosis. A pathologist is a doctor who specializes in reading laboratory tests and looking at cells, tissues, and organs to diagnose disease.
