Re: possible breast cancer/ READ BEFORE GETTING A NEEDLE BIOPSY

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Dear Beth,

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Also, you may reconsider a needle biopsy in favor of an excisional one. Needle biopsies have a 50% higher chance of spreading any cancer to the lymph nodes than an excisional biopsy where they carefully remove the entire lump.

The good news is 80% of all lumps are benign.

Lynne

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Yes! This is very true! The surgeon who removed a lump for me told me the same. RE: "Also, you may reconsider a needle biopsy in favor of an excisional one. Needle biopsies have a 50% higher chance of spreading any cancer to the lymph nodes than an excisional biopsy where they carefully remove the entire lump."

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