Patients
Have you heard of Tissue Exhaustion?
Anyone who undergoes a core needle biopsy procedure (virtually all patients seen by a doctor to rule out a cancerous tumor) faces the potential of this limitation.. No patient wants to undergo a second biopsy if a single biopsy would suffice.
Routine use of the Crow’s Nest after core needle biopsies may save many patients from this additional tissue trauma – because it collects and rescues the cells of yours that cling to the biopsy needle which would otherwise be discarded as medical waste.
You read that right. Medical waste.
After a biopsy, some of the cells harvested from your tumor are simply thrown away. In every biopsy procedure room there is a medical waste container. This is where the biopsy needle goes after the procedure is over.
The tissue is deposited in a formalin cup, and the needle is thrown away. But on the needle are, of course, thousands of dislodged cells. These are cells living, fresh out of the patient’s body, from the area that was just biopsied. They are a valuable, clinically relevant, untapped biological resource.
Routine use of the Crow’s Nest after core needle biopsies may save many patients from this additional tissue trauma – because it collects and rescues the cells of yours that cling to the biopsy needle which would otherwise be discarded as medical waste.
You read that right. Medical waste.
After a biopsy, some of the cells harvested from your tumor are simply thrown away. In every biopsy procedure room there is a medical waste container. This is where the biopsy needle goes after the procedure is over.
The tissue is deposited in a formalin cup, and the needle is thrown away. But on the needle are, of course, thousands of dislodged cells. These are cells living, fresh out of the patient’s body, from the area that was just biopsied. They are a valuable, clinically relevant, untapped biological resource.
Here's what you should do BEFORE your biopsy procedure
Talk to your doctor -- either your general practitioner who referred you for biopsy, your oncologist, or the interventional radiologist, pulmonologist, or urologist who will be performing your biopsy.
Ask them if the Crow's Nest Biopsy Catchment System will be used during your biopsy to collect all the cells that are being extracted from your body.
Contact us -- Click on the Contact button at the upper right corner and fill in your name and contact information. We will get in touch with you, usually within a day, and help you describe this simple but important new technology to your doctor.
When a biopsy runs out of tissue (Tissue Exhaustion), patients miss out on genomic sequencing tests – which means that many miss out on newer, safer cancer-fighting drugs (often called “Precision Medicine” drugs). They are left with the brutal traditional options of radiation and chemotherapy.. Don't let that be you.
After all, no one want to have a 2nd biopsy, and insurance normally only covers a single biopsy.
If these loose cells could be recovered from the needle before it is discarded, each biopsy procedure would result in two specimens instead of one. The Crow’s Nest Biopsy Catchment System does that.
Ask them if the Crow's Nest Biopsy Catchment System will be used during your biopsy to collect all the cells that are being extracted from your body.
Contact us -- Click on the Contact button at the upper right corner and fill in your name and contact information. We will get in touch with you, usually within a day, and help you describe this simple but important new technology to your doctor.
When a biopsy runs out of tissue (Tissue Exhaustion), patients miss out on genomic sequencing tests – which means that many miss out on newer, safer cancer-fighting drugs (often called “Precision Medicine” drugs). They are left with the brutal traditional options of radiation and chemotherapy.. Don't let that be you.
After all, no one want to have a 2nd biopsy, and insurance normally only covers a single biopsy.
If these loose cells could be recovered from the needle before it is discarded, each biopsy procedure would result in two specimens instead of one. The Crow’s Nest Biopsy Catchment System does that.
When you undergo a core needle biopsy, the tissue your doctor takes from your body is used for several things:
- It’s put in formaldehyde and sent to the pathology lab, to be examined under a microscope.
- Your oncologist or primary care physician may order a portion to be used for molecular testing, to determine what kind of cancer you might have.
- Additional tissue may be wanted to test if your cancer is susceptible to newer drugs with fewer side effects than chemotherapy.
- But if there isn’t enough tissue to run all these tests, doctors call that Tissue Exhaustion.
