Readers may feel less than satisfied when they discover that there is no consensus on the appropriate recommendations for follow-up of risk lesions following percutaneous core biopsy. The significance of this article is in the details of the methodologies and results, and much less in the numbers. The overall goal is to emphasize the flaws in current studies.

Needle core biopsy (NCB), as part of triple assessment for preoperative evaluation and diagnosis of breast cancer, is now considered as an established, highly accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer that has replaced either fine needle aspiration cytology or excisional biopsy as the initial diagnostic biopsy procedures in many institutions. In addition to its primary role in establishing a...

Taijiro Kosaka1, Shiho Azami2, Mizuki Iino2, Yuuji Aoki2, Kanako Ogura2, Toshiaki Kitabatake3, Kuniaki Kojima3 and Toshiharu Matsumoto2* 1Department of Breast Surgery, Sainokuni Higashiomiya Medical Center, Japan 2Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, 3-1-10 Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 177-8521, Japan 3Department of Breast Surgery, Juntendo University Nerima H...

BACKGROUND The quality of liver biopsy specimens obtained with different fine needle biopsy (FNB) techniques has not been compared. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic quality of three different liver FNB biopsy techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two sequential biopsy series were performed on piglets. Three biopsy techniques were compared: capillary-FNB, core-FNB (...

The radial scar (RS) or complex sclerosing lesion (CSL) of the breast represents a management dilemma on diagnosis at breast core needle biopsy because of the risk of associated malignancy identified only upon surgical excision. To determine our experience, we retrospectively reviewed core needle biopsies performed at the Darlene G. Cass Breast Imaging Center from 2006 to 2011, identifying 67 p...

preoperative gleason score (gs) obtained from trans rectal ultra sonography (trus) is the most common grading system to evaluate the appropriate treatment for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. but this method showed upgraded and downgraded results in comparison to gleason score obtained from radical prostatectomy. the current study aimed to determine clinical or pathological v...

OBJECTIVE Sarcomas are rare mesenchymal malignancies. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is a prerequisite in considering investigational or institutional management algorithms that include neoadjuvant treatment. We reviewed our experience using core needle biopsy for chest wall sarcomas. METHODS A retrospective review of our sarcoma databases revealed that 40 core needle biopsies and 35 tumor r...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the role of core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes with suspected metastases from breast cancer and to correlate the imaging and histologic findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively studied 74 patients diagnosed with breast cancer who underwent ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes with characteristics suggestive of metastases on ultraso...

BACKGROUND Patients are increasingly presenting for outpatient breast biopsy while taking medically necessary antithrombotic therapy. Cessation of this medication prior to biopsy increases patients' risk of vascular complications. 
. OBJECTIVES This article evaluates the safety of performing core needle biopsies of the breast in patients without suspending prescription antithrombotic therapy....