European Journal of Radiology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16, April 2002

Fine needle aspiration cytology versus percutaneous biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions

  • M Meunier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-4432-4200; fax: +33-1-4432-4015
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  • K Clough

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Received 27 November 2001; accepted 28 November 2001.

Abstract 

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsy (CB) are efficient alternatives to surgical biopsy: FNA provides a sampling of cells and is very cost effective. The main limits are insufficient sampling rate and the impossibility to diagnose invasion. CB allows architectural description and the diagnosis of specific benign and malignant lesions, but is more expensive and time-consuming.

Keywords:  Breast cancer, Fine needle aspiration, Percutaneous biopsy

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PII: S0720-048X(01)00480-6

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16, April 2002

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