Drill biopsy of the breast–a critical analysis

✍ Scribed by J. St. C. McCormick; A. A. Shivas

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 466 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800601210

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In a study of drill biopsy carried out in 106 patients with breast lesions, comparing the accuracy of diagnosis with that of clinical examination and excision biopsy, reliability declined as stromal reaction in the tumour increased. Accordingly, a negative result is meaningless. Tumour size did not appear to be an important factor. The significance of these results is briefly discussed.