In recent years there appears to be a growing movement toward the use of core needle
biopsy (CNB) over fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for the detection of breast …

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an increasingly accepted method for investigating
palpable breast nodules. We reviewed our experience with a consecutive series of 1875 …

BACKGROUND Fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is an established, highly accurate
method for diagnosing palpable breast lesions. However, in some cases a definitive …

Fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an established, highly accurate method for
diagnosing breast lesions. However, in recent years there has been increased use of core …

Introduction: Core biopsy (CB) has now largely replaced fine needle aspiration cytology
(FNAC) in the pre-operative assessment of breast cancer. We studied the contribution of …

BACKGROUND Several arguments are used for choosing either fine‐needle aspiration
cytology (FNAC) or core needle biopsy (CNB) in the evaluation of breast lesions …

Abstract From January of 1990 to December of 1992, 6,954 consecutive cytologic breast fine‐
needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) were performed at the Laboratory of Pathology of …

BACKGROUND There appears to be a growing movement in favor of core needle biopsy
(CNB) over fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in detecting breast carcinoma in women …

Recently, the incidence of non-palpable or noninvasive breast cancer has increased.
Consequently, cri-teria for choosing procedures to obtain pathological materials had …

In Japan, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) of the breast has long been recognized as a
useful diagnostic tool, and has been used in many institutions because it provides a rapid …