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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2013

01-11-2013 | Poster presentation

PB.32: Does vacuum-assisted biopsy decrease the B3 rate in stereotactic biopsy of breast lesions?

Authors: T Seaton, S Khan, V Stewart, G Ralliegh, N Zaman, N Barrett, S Comitis, A Gupta, W Svensson, A Lim, R Williamson, D Cunningham

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Special Issue 1/2013

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Vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) systems have been shown to outperform 14G core needle biopsy (CNB) reducing the need for diagnostic or multiple surgeries. We introduced VAB in 2011 with the aim of reducing our B3 rate and increasing rate of preoperative diagnosis of invasive cancer. …
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Title
PB.32: Does vacuum-assisted biopsy decrease the B3 rate in stereotactic biopsy of breast lesions?
Authors
T Seaton
S Khan
V Stewart
G Ralliegh
N Zaman
N Barrett
S Comitis
A Gupta
W Svensson
A Lim
R Williamson
D Cunningham
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3532

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