Stereotactic large-core needle breast biopsy: analysis of pain and discomfort related to the biopsy procedure

Concordance Rate between Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Core Needle Biopsy in Breast Lesions

Background and Objectives:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is one of the methods of breast biopsy which is fast, easy and cost effective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance rate between pathologic results of sonography or stereotaxy guided FNAB and guided core needle biopsy (CNB) in the evaluation of breast le...

Stereotactic and ultrasound core needle breast biopsy performed by surgeons.

BACKGROUND The authors evaluated outcomes and treatment costs of stereotactic core needle biopsy (SCNB) and ultrasound core needle biopsy (UCNB), and needle localization biopsy (NLB) in managing patients with mammographic abnormalities presenting to the surgeon. METHODS Data for all patients with mammographic lesions who underwent SCNB or UCNB since their introduction at this institution were...

stereotactic breast core needle biopsy in a tertiary breast center of tehran university of medical sciences

background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of stereotactic breast core needle biopsy in a tertiary breast center of tehran university of medical sciences. methods: patients who were candidates for mammography-guided stereotactic breast core biopsy from march 2011 to december 2013 were included in this study. stereotactic biopsy was performed by a dedicated prone hologic m...

Stereotactic Core Biopsy of the Breast.

Risk factors for cancellation of stereotactic large core needle biopsy on a prone biopsy table.

Among patients undergoing stereotactic needle biopsy of the breast on a prone biopsy table, a substantial proportion of planned procedures are terminated prematurely. This study was undertaken to identify risk factors for cancellation of these procedures and to derive a clinical rule for predicting cancellation. Risk factors for cancellation were assessed in a group of 476 consecutive patients ...