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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 26, 2022 | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "@callalloo just to clarify the term "biopsy." My HER2+ was from initial biopsy, when the doc..."
I could be using the term incorrectly. I had the initial wide-needle vacuum-assisted* biopsy after the mammo and ultrasound spotted a suspicious area. And then a biopsy of the tumor tissue excised in surgery. I think of the latter as the post-surgery (and more comprehensive) biopsy.