Is Biopsy Safe? Debunking the Cancer Spread Myth | Needle Biopsy Explained

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Hello, I'm Dr. Arun Gupta. I'm chairperson Department of Interventional Radiology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. So, every day we see the cancer patients and one question we always ask doctor, biopsy key to fail to many Jackie. So, I am here to clear your myth that the risk of spreading of cancer because of the biopsy is negligible.

[00:00:24]When we do the biopsy clinically endoscopically like luminal organs, intestine, there is no risk. What about the risk about the solid organs, liver, spleen, kidneys? The risk is one out of one lakh patients. And specially it is very important to get the correct diagnosis to get the correct treatment.

[00:00:44]Agar hamare pass diagnosis theek se nahin banegi to hamara treatment he sahi. Today the chemotherapy of various cancers depends on the immuno cytological markers, immuno histological markers. And that can be done only on the biopsy. We do the needle-based biopsy which are minimally invasive and very less painful to the patients.

[00:01:10]Previously it used to be the the incisional biopsy, but most of the time it is now the needle biopsy that has taken over the major surgical procedures and the cancer journey has become very easy for these patients. So, agar aap se koi kahe ki biopsy se cancer fail to die here usko samjhaiye aur khud bhi ye baat samjhiye ki biopsy se cancer nahin fail to die here. What about the risk factors of the biopsy? So, even with the critical organs of the body like lungs, liver the risk of any major complication is very less. And we have all sophisticated equipments which where we can exactly pinpoint the smallest of the reason and can take the biopsies.