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What does a breast fine needle biopsy feel like?

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Minimal pain: A fine needle biopsy is performed with a needle about the same size as is used to draw blood and it hurts only a little bit more. Many surgeons, such as myself, will use local anesthesia to decrease this pain further. Nowadays, it is much more common to have a core needle biopsy, which will give us a lot more information with only a little more discomfort.

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Pressure: This procedure is where the physician samples some cells from an area in your breast. There is no incision. The area is numbed with local anesthetic. Then the physician uses a needle attached to a syringe and moves it back and forth several times through the area in your breast.

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