Risk of Upgrade of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia after Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: Effects of Number of Foci and Complete Removal of Calcifications | Zendy

Jennifer R. Kohr | Zendy; Peter R. Eby | Zendy; Kimberly H. Allison | Zendy; Wendy B. DeMartini | Zendy; Robert L. Gutierrez | Zendy; Sue Peacock | Zendy; Constance D. Lehman | Zendy

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Risk 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.

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