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1.
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While you are lying down, your breast is
held still in a stereotactic biopsy machine.
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An anaesthetic is used to numb the area
of concern. It is either injected, or applied
to the skin.
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Mammograms are taken and the lesion is
located.
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A small cut in the skin is made where the
core biopsy needle will enter. A fast speed
needle retrieves a section of tissue from
the area identified by the mammogram. This
may be repeated more than once, often about
five times.
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The tissue cores are placed in a dish.
Under a microscope, a pathologist searches
for abnormalities in size of the tissue
cells or appearances of the nuclei.
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