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<p>Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. The gold standard for biopsy is core needle biopsy. However, in certain cases, core needle biopsy cannot be applied, and the method of choice is vacuum-assisted biopsy. It is a minimally traumatic and precise method for diagnosing microcalcifications and small breast lesions. We aimed to present the initial experience with stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy in breast diseases at the Department of Surgical Oncology. We show indications and contraindications for this kind of biopsy and present our initial experience. From February 2020 to December 2022, 29 stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsies were performed. Benign histology was found in 9 cases, malignant – in 15, and 5 cases were precancerous. Therefore, being an innovative, minimally invasive, and highly accurate method for diagnosing breast lesions with a good cosmetic effect, it allows early diagnosis of breast cancer, and, last but not least, the procedure can be curative for benign lesions.</p>
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. The gold standard for biopsy is core needle biopsy. However, in certain cases, core needle biopsy cannot be applied, and the method of choice is vacuum-assisted biopsy. It is a minimally traumatic and precise method for diagnosing microcalcifications and small breast lesions. We aimed to present the initial experience with stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy in breast diseases at the Department of Surgical Oncology. We show indications and contraindications for this kind of biopsy and present our initial experience. From February 2020 to December 2022, 29 stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsies were performed. Benign histology was found in 9 cases, malignant – in 15, and 5 cases were precancerous. Therefore, being an innovative, minimally invasive, and highly accurate method for diagnosing breast lesions with a good cosmetic effect, it allows early diagnosis of breast cancer, and, last but not least, the procedure can be curative for benign lesions.

Introduction of Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy in Bulgaria

Third Clinic of Anesthesiology, Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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{"article-title":"Introduction of Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy in Bulgaria"}

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. The gold standard for biopsy is core needle biopsy. However, in certain cases, core needle biopsy...

Introduction of Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy in Bulgaria

Publicado en línea: 11 dic 2023

Páginas: 163 - 169

Recibido: 06 jun 2023

Aceptado: 16 nov 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2023-0022

Palabras clave
stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy, microcalcifications, breast cancer

© 2023 Ivelina Y. Petrova-Burdzheva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Introduction of Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy in Bulgaria

Publicado en línea: 11 dic 2023

Páginas: 163 - 169

Recibido: 06 jun 2023

Aceptado: 16 nov 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2023-0022

Palabras clavestereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy, microcalcifications, breast cancer

© 2023 Ivelina Y. Petrova-Burdzheva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy, microcalcifications, breast cancer