Open AccessRisk of Upgrade of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia after Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: Effects of Number of Foci and Complete Removal of Calcifications
Author(s) -
Jennifer R. Kohr,
Peter R. Eby,
Kimberly H. Allison,
Wendy B. DeMartini,
Robert L. Gutierrez,
Sue Peacock,
Constance D. Lehman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.09091406
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , breast biopsy , biopsy , radiology , atypia , mammography , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
To determine if patients with fewer than three foci of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) who have all of their calcifications removed after stereotactic 9- or 11-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) have a rate of upgrade to malignancy that is sufficiently low to obviate surgical excision.