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My mum found a lump and went to the doctors. they used needle to draw out fluid. was this to see if it was cancerous?
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Possible: It sounds like you are describing what we call fine needle aspiration (fna) biopsy in medical language. Often times, this is the first step in obtaining tissue to make a determination if the lump is cancerous but a different type of biopsy ( a core needle or excisional biopsy) might be needed if the suspicion of cancer is still high and the fna is not diagnostic.
Answered 3/29/2013
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