RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Stereotactic breast biopsy: A less-invasive option
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 550
OP 554
VO 64
IS 10
A2 Maurie Markman
A1 William A. Chilcote
A1 Christine A. Quinn
YR 1997
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/10/550.abstract
AB Until recently, a woman with a nonpalpable lesion detected on mammography had to undergo the emotional and physical trauma of surgical excision. However, a new technique, percutaneous core needle biopsy, guided by digital three-dimensional x-ray imaging, offers a reasonable alternative to standard surgical biopsy. This method produces no pseudolesions, subjects the patient to less physical and emotional trauma, is done on an outpatient basis with local anesthesia, and costs far less than the surgical method.