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My hands are trembling. I have a 12-inch surgery grade needle in my right hand, and a transducer in my left. Without moving anything but my eyes I’m able to look up at a monitor to see an ultrasound image and the daunting outline of a tumor.

“Go ahead, you can do it. Insert the needle directly into the tumor,” my guide tells me.

I hesitate, take a deep breath out of fear or embarrassment (or both), and dive right in.

I was off by a long shot. I’