Open AccessCost-Benefit Analysis of Biopsy Methods for Suspicious Mammographic Lesions
Author(s) -
Bridget N. Fahy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.136.9.990
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , biopsy , radiology , ductal carcinoma , lobular carcinoma , breast cancer , breast imaging , mammography , cancer , surgery
Stereotactic core biopsy (SCB) is more cost-effective than needle-localized biopsy (NLB) for evaluation and treatment of mammographic lesions.