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My granddaughter has been diagnosed with lytic lesion on her leg bone and has just undergone a bone biopsy. Is this the normal procedure? What is the likelihood that this is cancer. My granddaughter has been diagnosed with lytic lesion on her leg bone and has just undergone a bone biopsy. Is this the normal procedure? What is the likelihood that this is cancer.

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