August 25, 2006 — A new study has found that breast cancer patients undergoing excisional biopsy need more surgeries, resulting in higher cost of care compared with patients having percutaneous ...
If a lump is found in the breast of an adolescent girl, she often will undergo an excisional biopsy. However, breast cancer is rare in adolescents, and the vast majority of teenage breast lumps turn ...
D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. FNA biopsy permits the sampling of cells from breast ...
Needle biopsy, the standard of care radiological procedure for diagnosing breast cancer, is underused with too many patients undergoing the more invasive, excisional biopsy to detect their disease, ...
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is performed using a small needle to obtain samples of tissue and fluid from solid or cystic breast lesions. FNA is indicated for patients with a mammographic ...
Women's imaging advocates are predicting that open surgical biopsies could become more common if Medicare reimbursement cuts for stereotactic biopsy procedures are implemented this year. According to ...
If a lump is found in the breast of an adolescent girl, she often will undergo an excisional biopsy. However, breast cancer is rare in adolescents, and the vast majority of teenage breast lumps are ...
Evidence-based recommendations on image-guided vacuum-assisted excision biopsy for benign breast lesions. This involves inserting a needle with a suction device through a small opening in the breast ...
If a lump is found in the breast of an adolescent girl, she often will undergo an excisional biopsy. However, breast cancer is rare in adolescents, and the vast majority of teenage breast lumps turn ...