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  • Title: [The role and efficacy of Mammotome biopsy (vacuum-assisted breast biopsy)].
    Author: Takahashi K, Gomi N, Iwase T, Sakamoto G.
    Journal: Nihon Rinsho; 2006 Mar; 64(3):469-74. PubMed ID: 16529037.
    Abstract:
    Mammotome (Vacuum-assisted Breast Biopsy System) is a device for needle biopsy of the breast which is useful for the biopsy of non-palpable lesions. Although Mammotome biopsy is performed on mammography or ultrasound guided, mammography -guided (stereotactic) Mammotome is more important because it is almost only devise for the biopsy of non-palpable microcalcifications. We performed 1000 cases of stereotactic Mammotome biopsy between February 2000 and February 2005 in Cancer Institute Hospital, 31% of the cases were diagnosed as cancer, among these cases 83% were noninvasive carcinoma and 17% were invasive. Of the cases which Mammotome revealed noninvasive carcinoma 17% were found to have invasive lesions after the operation. Mammotome is useful device for the diagnosis of early breast cancer.
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