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Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Histodiagnosis requires multiple stereotactic core-needle breast biopsy samples
October 25th, 2005
Several stereotactic core-needle biopsy specimens are needed for reliable histodiagnosis of breast lesions. A group of radiologists in Finland conducted a study to "prospectively determine whether there is a minimum number of cores required for histopathologic diagnosis of mammographically detected nonpalpable breast lesions with an add-on 14-gauge stereotactic core-needle biopsy device." "The stud was a roved by the ethics committee of the hospital; informed consent was obtained," noted A.K. Koskela and coauthors at Kuopio University Hospital. "Biopsy was performed in 197 patients with 205 lesions (97 masses, 108 microcalcifications)." ...
Source: cancer weekly (2005-10-25)
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