Open AccessSurvival Outcomes of Patients With Breast Cancer Diagnosed Using Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy: A Nationwide Study From the Korean Breast Cancer Society
Author(s) -
Bong Kyun Kim,
Sung Gwe Ahn,
Se Jeong Oh,
Hakyoung Kim,
Eunyoung Kang,
Yongsik Jung,
Kyung Do Byun,
Jina Lee,
Woo Young Sun,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of breast cancer/journal of breast cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2092-9900
pISSN - 1738-6756
DOI - 10.4048/jbc.2022.25.e2
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , breast cancer , univariate analysis , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , cancer , multivariate analysis , breast biopsy , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , mammography , confidence interval , paleontology , biology
Breast cancer is mainly diagnosed using core needle biopsy (CNB), although other biopsy methods, including vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB), may also be used. We compared differences in clinical characteristics and prognoses of patients with breast cancer according to biopsy methods used for diagnosis.