Minimally Invasive Biopsy Methods – Diagnostics or Therapy? Personal Opinion and Review of the Literature

Kettritz, Ute

doi:10.1159/000327889

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 46 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The sample obtained by VAB is larger than that obtained by core needle biopsy 10 and thus provides more a accurate pathological diagnosis. Penco et al.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…VAB is an accurate diagnostic method for breast microcalcifications and can avoid unnecessary surgery, making it the preferred technique for guiding biopsies. The sample obtained by VAB is larger than that obtained by core needle biopsy 10 and thus provides more a accurate pathological diagnosis. Penco et al 1 and Huang et al 11 reported that SVAB has a sensitivity of 99.7% to 100% and a false negative rate of 1.7% to 7.1%, which are better than those for catapult-type core needle biopsy (84% and 21%, respectively).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Image-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy in the diagnosis of breast microcalcifications

Huang

2018

J Int Med Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ObjectiveThe present study was performed to assess the accuracy and clinical value of image-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy in the diagnosis of mammography-detected breast microcalcifications.MethodsThis prospective study involved 100 patients with suspicious mammography-detected microcalcifications who underwent image-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsies from January 2013 to October 2016. Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (SVAB) was performed in 64 patients, and ultrasound (US)-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (US-VAB) was performed in 36 patients in whom application of SVAB was difficult. The microcalcifications were detectable by mammography or US. The mean follow-up duration was 32 months (range, 9–57 months). The biopsy results were correlated with the pathological examination results.ResultsThe positive predictive value of microcalcifications detected by mammography and US in the diagnosis of breast cancer was 37.0% (37/100) and 52.8% (19/36), respectively. The negative predictive value of microcalcifications detected by US in the diagnosis of breast cancer was 71.9% (46/64). No recurrence was observed in the 37 patients with breast cancer. No evidence of malignancy was found among the 63 patients with benign lesions.ConclusionImage-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy is accurate and minimally invasive. It can be used as a safe approach for diagnosis in patients with breast microcalcifications.

show abstract

“…The sample obtained by VAB is larger than that obtained by core needle biopsy 10 and thus provides more a accurate pathological diagnosis. Penco et al.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Image-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy in the diagnosis of breast microcalcifications

Huang

2018

J Int Med Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Thus, in many countries there is a clear trend that breast tumors tend to be smaller when diagnosed. Focus of this issue of Breast Care are new developments in breast imaging, reported and discussed by highly experienced specialists [1][2][3][4][5].Another reason why breast cancer is turning into a curable disease is the consequent and well standardized treatment of early breast cancer with regard to adjuvant therapy. According to the EBCTCG overview [6], even with traditional adjuvant therapies, i.e.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%