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Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Sonographically guided needle biopsy provides additional diagnostic assistance

The aim of a study by scientists in Germany was "to evaluate sonographically guided vacuum-assisted large core needle biopsy (LCNB) after primary histological negative core needle biopsy (CNB) after suspicion of breast cancer (BI-RADS 5)."

"From 07/2004 to 09/2004" R. Schulz-Wendtland and colleagues "investigated 94 patients for suspicion of breast cancer (BI-RADS 5 or sonographically BI-RADS analog). The age of the patients was 28-81 years (median: 54 years), tumor size 3-55 mm (median: 19 mm)."

The researchers...

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