Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brun del Re, Renzo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 173
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

Modern imaging methods have made it possible to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage than in the past. Nevertheless, when screening is performed regularly over a 10-year period, 20% of examined women will present a suspicious finding that subsequently proves to be benign. Accordingly, beyond can...

Table of Contents:

• Documentation and Correlation of Senologic Findings
• Comparison of Large-Core Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy and Excision Systems
• Sonographically Guided Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy Using Handheld Mammotome
• The Vacora Biopsy System
• Available Stereotactic Systems for Breast Biopsy
• MRI-Guided Minimally Invasive Breast Procedures
• Ductoscopy of Intraductal Neoplasia of the Breast
• Pathology of Breast Tissue Obtained in Minimally Invasive Biopsy Procedures
• Limitations of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy
• Advances in Breast Imaging: A Dilemma or Progress?
• Cost–Benefit Analyses
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Recent Data.