The terms used to describe cancer in word list; V
Vacuum-assisted biopsy. Vacuum pressure (suction) is used to pull the sample tissue through a specially designed hollow needle in this biopsy method. This gives the doctor the ability to collect multiple or larger samples from the same biopsy site without having to insert the needle more than once.
Vascular invasion; means that cancer cells are found in the blood vessels.
Villous adenoma. An adenoma in which leaf-like or finger-like processes of lamina propria covered by dysplastic epithelium comprise at least 80% of the tumour.
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