title: Needle localization guided excisional biopsy for mammographically identified nonpalpable breast lesions.
abstract: The capability of high-quality mammography to discover early, preclinical breast cancer has demanded the development of a new relationship between radiologists, surgeons, and pathologists. It is only through mutual understanding and appreciation of the technical requirements and interpretive difficulties involved in the successful identification, preoperative localization, and excision of these lesions that the full benefits of this method of early cancer detection can be brought to all of our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 94118, USA.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010173:Palpation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods