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Breast Cancer
Ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy used for diagnosing non-palpable breast lesions
January 26th, 2006
Ultrasound (US)-guided core needle biopsy could be used for diagnosing non-palpable breast lesions. Researchers in Spain conducted a study "to assess the diagnostic value of US-guided 14 G core needle breast biopsy in non-palpable suspicious breast lesions. From August 1997 to April 2001, 198 patients with 204 suspicious non-palpable breast lesions underwent US-guided large core needle biopsy. Biopsies were performed with a free-hand technique using US equipment with a 7.5 MHz linear-array transducer; a minimum of 3 cores were obtained from each lesion." "Pathological findings in US-guided core biopsy were correlated to findings in subsequent surgery...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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