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Biopsy or Aspiration? Here's How to Know the Difference

Published on Thu Jun 13, 2019

Hint: Needle size can help you distinguish. The world of medicine includes numerous pinpoint-specific terms, but also has its fair share of terms that are used interchangeably – even though some shouldn’t be. That can especially be the case with common terms such as “biopsy,” but you can teach your providers to be accurate in their descriptions. Your urologists may [...]
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