Breast Cancer

Two-Year Follow-Up Unnecessary For Some Women Who Undergo Fine Needle Aspiration

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 17th, 2001

Women who have an abnormal mammogram and sonogram and undergo an ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration are traditionally asked to have a mammogram every six months for two years to confirm that the abnormality isn't cancer. However, two-year follow-up is not necessary, a new study shows.

The study, of 218 patients with abnormal mammograms and sonograms, found that ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration plus one-year of follow-up mammography is 100% accurate at identifying malignancies, says Shalom Buchbinder, MD, director of mammography at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.

One case of cancer was initially missed by fine needle...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-05-17)

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