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Guidelines for sites linking to mayoclinic.orgA stereotactic breast biopsy involves guiding a hollow needle into a lump with the help of images from a mammogram. As many as 15 tissue samples, each about the thickness of a grain of rice, may be taken and analyzed for malignant cells.
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