Anesthesia (numbing) before the taking of a punch biopsy for a breast melanoma.    Beginning of a punch biopsy being performed with a punch (circular knife-like cookie-cutter instrument) of the breast for a melanoma.  

 Removal from the skin of a punch biopsy specimen of the breast using a scalpel and needle to get a specimen of a certain depth.

 

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