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  • Title: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Underestimation of Microcalcifications Only by Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy: A New Predictor of Specimens without Microcalcifications.
    Author: Cheung YC, Chen SC, Ueng SH, Yu CC.
    Journal: J Clin Med; 2020 Sep 17; 9(9):. PubMed ID: 32957459.
    Abstract:
    The mammographic appearance of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is mostly observed as microcalcifications. Although stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) is a reliable alternative to surgical biopsy for suspicious microcalcifications, underestimation of VABB-proven DCIS is inevitable in clinical practice. We therefore retrospectively analyzed the variables in the prediction of DCIS underestimation manifesting as microcalcifications only proved by stereotactic VABB. In 1147 consecutive VABB on microcalcification-only lesions from 2010 to 2016, patients diagnosed with DCIS were selected to evaluate the underestimation rate. The analyzed variables included clinical characteristics, mammographic features, VABB procedure, and biomarkers. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used, and a p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Of the 131 VABB-proven DCIS, 108 cases were diagnosed with DCIS and 23 were upgraded to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) after subsequent surgery. The small extent of microcalcification, grouped microcalcifications distribution, nearly complete microcalcification removal, and non-calcified specimens without DCIS were low for DCIS underestimation. Among them, the results of non-calcified specimens with or without DICS were the only statistically significant variables by multivariate logistic regression. These results indicate that the histology of non-calcified specimens was highly predictive of DCIS underestimation. Specimens without DCIS had a low upgrade rate to IDC.
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