title: Innovations in breast disease diagnosis.
abstract: This article reviews progress in the diagnosis of breast lesions, focusing on improvements in breast biopsy. Both surgical and stereotactic biopsy techniques are discussed, as well as some of the latest methods incorporating computer-aided digital display. Finally, a new method for sampling breast lesions, the Mammotome biopsy system, is described and evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Health Science Department, California State University, Northridge, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trevathan-Ramirez
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement