title: How to perform breast biopsies.
abstract: Current breast biopsy techniques should recognize the changing presentation and management of breast cancer. Nonpalpable lesions detected and localized by mammography are common, and the proportion of women suitable for and desirous of breast conservation is increasing. Careful evaluation of the features of the excised cancer and sophisticated decisions are to be emphasized, not spared, as there are a wide variety of suitable treatments available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cady
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged