INTRODUCTION Most patients referred for lung biopsy have a focal lesion that is likely to be a carcinoma and fine needle aspiration (FNA) is usually sufficient to confirm diagnosis. Percutaneous cutting needle biopsy (CNB) is an important and potential diagnostic technique when non carcinomatous disease is suspected or when the pulmonary disease is unclear, so tissue architecture is very import...

Non-operative diagnosis has become the norm in breast disease assessment and, until relatively recently, fine needle aspiration cytology has been the sampling method of choice. The introduction of automated core biopsy guns in the mid 1990s led to the additional introduction of core biopsy in assessment units. This paper presents a summary of the guidance on handling and routine reporting of br...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) performed by a surgeon for mass lesions in the thyroid and lymph nodes. METHODS A single surgeon performed 30 office-based ultrasound-guided CNB procedures for mass lesions in the thyroid and lymph nodes that were previously biopsied by ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cy...

Core needle biopsy is a safe procedure, with very few severe complications. The doctor administering the biopsy has to balance sample adequacy versus the complication rate when choosing which needle size to use. Larger needles produce better samples with fewer passes. However, larger needles also produce more bleeding in blood rich organs such as kidney or liver. We undertook this study because...

The past 30 years have seen dramatic changes in the diagnosis and management of breast problems. Much of this change has been driven by the quest for early diagnosis and by the widespread use of imaging in the diagnosis of symptomatic breast disease and for breast cancer screening. The traditional approach of surgical biopsy for diagnosis has now been replaced by needle biopsy techniques that p...

BACKGROUND We aimed to develop a multivariable model for prediction of underestimated invasiveness in women with ductal carcinoma in situ at stereotactic large core needle biopsy, that can be used to select patients for sentinel node biopsy at primary surgery. METHODS From the literature, we selected potential preoperative predictors of underestimated invasive breast cancer. Data of patients ...