Assertion: surgical biopsy | /r/CapableOf | remove larger specimen
Facets:
value: for microscopic analysis
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As an alternative to open surgical biopsy, which removes a larger specimen for microscopic analysis, a hollow needle may be passed through the skin into the suspicious lesion with the help of special breast X-rays.
text: As an alternative to open surgical biopsy, which removes a larger specimen for microscopic analysis, a hollow needle may be passed through the skin into the suspicious lesion with the help of special breast ultrasound.