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But if you are given medicine to put you into a deep sleep (general anesthesia), you must not eat or drink anything (fast) for some time before the surgery.
Cancer Chat is our fully moderated forum where you can talk to others affected by cancer, share experiences, and get support. To help ensure that the entire mass has been removed, the tissue is sent to the hospital lab for evaluation. A breast biopsy is a procedure that involves using a biopsy needle or surgery to remove a sample of your breast tissue so that a pathologist can examine it for breast cancer or other conditions. At the midaxillary line, the level of the nipple was at the 4th or 5th intercostal space in the majority of children (right: 83.
If you are having a wire guided biopsy, the wire may move between the time it’s put in and surgery, but this is rare.
For more on what it's like to have each type of CNB, see "Types of image-guided core needle biopsies" below. We can connect you with trained cancer information specialists who will answer questions about a cancer diagnosis and provide guidance and a compassionate ear. This is often the preferred type of biopsy if breast cancer is suspected, because it removes more breast tissue than a fine needle aspiration (FNA), but it doesn't require surgery.This means that your provider will inject an anesthetic around the area of your biopsy site to numb the area so that you won’t feel pain during the procedure. FNA can also be helpful if the doctor is unsure if an area seen on an imaging test is a small cyst or a solid mass.