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  2. Breast biopsy - Wikipedia

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    Stereotactic biopsy is done with the help of a specialized device, which provides mammographic guidance. For a stereotactic biopsy, morbid obesity is a relative contraindication due to weight limitations of the devices. Pregnancy and breast compression size may also be contraindications depending on the modality being used. [15]

  3. Stereotactic biopsy - Wikipedia

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    Stereotactic biopsy, also known as stereotactic core biopsy, is a biopsy procedure that uses a computer and imaging performed in at least two planes to localize a target lesion (such as a tumor or microcalcifications in the breast) in three-dimensional space and guide the removal of tissue for examination by a pathologist under a microscope.

  4. Mammotome - Wikipedia

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    Schematic representation of a vacuum-assisted biopsy probe. Mammotome is a Cincinnati, Ohio–based company who pioneered a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VAC) device that uses image guidance such as x-ray, ultrasound and/or MRI to perform breast biopsies. A biopsy using a Mammotome® device can be done on an outpatient basis with a local ...

  5. Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy - Wikipedia

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    Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VAB) is a minimally invasive procedure to help in the diagnosis of breast cancer. VAB is characterized by single insertion, acquisition of contiguous and larger tissue samples, and directional sample capability. It also offers 10x the tissue of core needle biopsy. [1]

  6. Category:Breast surgery - Wikipedia

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    Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy; W. Wide local excision This page was last edited on 28 November 2019, at 02:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  7. Sentinel lymph node - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the sentinel lymph node is important because of the advent of the sentinel lymph node biopsy technique, also known as a sentinel node procedure.This technique is used in the staging of certain types of cancer to see if they have spread to any lymph nodes, since lymph node metastasis is one of the most important prognostic signs.

  8. Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment ...

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    About 20% of breast cancers diagnosed in the U.S. each year are DCIS. Many of them do not go on to become cancers—but a small percentage of so-called high grade DCIS do, and doctors only have ...

  9. Breast ultrasound - Wikipedia

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    Breast ultrasound is also used to perform fine-needle aspiration biopsy and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of breast abscesses. [8] Women may prefer breast ultrasound over mammography because it is a painless procedure and does not involve the discomfort of breast compression present in mammograms.

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