Because breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death in women, preoperative assessments of diagnostic and prognostic factors are becoming more important in management. Core needle biopsy (CNB) is routinely used for preoperative assessment of patients with breast cancer [1-4]. Breast cancers are heterogeneous tumors that arise from epithelial cells around the mammary ducts. The heterogeneity of mammary tumors has been well documented based on histopathology and clinical outcomes, and these differences