The current widespread use of modern mammography has increased the detection of
suspicious mammographic lesions, which has led to a greater number of diagnostic surgical …

For many nonpalpable breast abnormalities detected by mammography, a percutaneous
stereotactic breast needle biopsy can be used to provide a diagnosis less invasive and less …

Background: Health care cost continues to play a dominant role in our society.
Technological advances are expensive, with the possible exception of stereotactic breast …

The substantial majority of questionable lesions detected by mammography are benign, and
there is growing interest among health care professionals and patients in alternatives to …

Background: Stereotactic needle biopsy technique has received considerable attention as a
possible alternative to surgical biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions. The exact role of this …

The early detection of breast cancer is a concern to women and their physicians. Although
screening mammography can identify early breast lesions, many are small and non …

BACKGROUND: Stereotactic breast biopsy has been developed as a less invasive means of
performing biopsy for mammographic abnormalities. Methods: From July 1994 through June …

Methods A total of 361 cases of stereotactic breast biopsies were carried out since 2000,
including 73 cases of true cut core needle biopsies (ST-CNB), 74 cases of vacuum assisted …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the accuracy of an add-on
stereotactic unit for core needle biopsy of mammographic lesions. SUBJECTS AND …

Objective To evaluate the reliability of stereotactic core-needle breast biopsy (SCNB)
performed by surgeons to detect histologically benign tissue. Summary Background Data …