What is the role of cytopathologists in stereotaxic needle biopsy diagnosis of nonpalpable mammographic abnormalities?

A prospective comparison of stereotaxic

A prospective comparison of stereotaxic fine-needle aspiration versus stereotaxic core needle biopsy for the diagnosis of mammographic abnormalities

✍ W. Fraser Symmans; Noah Weg; Joshua Gross; Joan F. Cangiarella; Mona Tata; Jill 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 143 KB 👁 2 views

## Background: Confidence in a negative stereotaxic breast biopsy result allows for safe clinical and mammographic follow-up, whereas a positive or equivocal diagnosis leads to excision. direct comparison of stereotaxic core needle biopsy (scbx) and fine-needle aspiration (sfna) is needed, and shou