Overview
- Examines the diverse minimally invasive diagnostic procedures in detail, explaining their use and identifying advantages and limitations
- Includes information on important related subjects such as pathology, advances in breast imaging, and cost-benefit analyses
- Provides a meta-analysis of recent data
- Written by recognized experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research (RECENTCANCER, volume 173)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Modern imaging methods have made it possible to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage than in the past. Nevertheless, a large majority of suspicious findings at screening subsequently prove to be benign. It is therefore important to be able to identify benign lesions in a manner that is reliable, tissue sparing, patient friendly, and cost-effective. More than 70% of breast biopsies can now be performed using minimally invasive procedures that meet these criteria. This book examines in detail vacuum-assisted minimally invasive breast biopsy systems (ATEC, EnCor, Intact, Mammotome and Vacora), stereotactic systems, MRI-guided procedures, and ductoscopy. Further chapters are devoted to the pathology of the breast tissue obtained using these procedures, their limitations, the implications of recent advances in breast imaging, and the results of cost-benefit analyses. The closing chapter provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent data.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies
Editors: Renzo Brun del Re
Series Title: Recent Results in Cancer Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31611-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-31403-5Published: 21 October 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51804-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31611-4Published: 17 September 2009
Series ISSN: 0080-0015
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6767
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 225
Topics: Oncology, Gynecology, Surgical Oncology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma