Open AccessUtility of Tru-Cut Biopsy of Breast Lesions - An Experience in a Regional Cancer Center of a Developing Country
Author(s) -
Sagarika Samantaray,
Niharika Panda,
Kusumabati Besra,
Lucy Pattanayak,
Subrat Samantara,
Sashibhusan Dash
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23572.9548
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , biopsy , lobular carcinoma , invasive lobular carcinoma , mammography , radiology , mucinous carcinoma , cancer , breast carcinoma , carcinoma , lymphoma , pathology , ductal carcinoma , adenocarcinoma , invasive ductal carcinoma
Tru-cut Needle Biopsy (TCB) is an integral part of triple assessment of breast cancer, which includes clinical assessment, mammography and TCB or Core Needle Biopsy (CNB). The technique is reliable, simple, and reproducible, and inexpensive, which can be adapted even for low-income group of patients and in developing countries.