Fine needle aspiration is a type of biopsy procedure. In fine needle aspiration, a thin needle is inserted into an area of abnormal-appearing tissue or body fluid. As with other types of biopsies, the ...

One of my earliest memories from pediatric residency was physically restraining a crying, screaming, shaking child who needed a blood draw for cancer. I knew we were doing the right thing. But we were ...

If your doctor says you should get a lymph node biopsy, it's because they need to check for signs of disease, such as cancer. They take out a small piece of one of your lymph nodes and send it to a ...