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Biopsy
New biopsy study findings have been reported by S. Garg and co-researchers
January 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Chandigarh, India, "The present study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of needle core biopsy (NCB) of the breast with fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in breast lesions (palpable and non-palpable) in the Indian set-up, along with the assessment of tumor grading with both the techniques. Fifty patients with suspicious breast lesions were subjected to simultaneous FNAC and ultrasound-guided NCB following an initial mammographic evaluation." "Cases were categorized into benign, benign with atypia, suspicious and malignant groups. In cases of infiltrating duct carcinomas, grading was per formed on cytological smears as well as...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-15)
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