title: The difficult breast.
abstract: Mammography is used to screen the population for breast cancer but often is inconclusive. There are several developing techniques to further assess the breast before biopsy that may decrease the number of benign biopsies. These include ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and MR imaging. When a biopsy is deemed necessary, there are several methods used to obtain tissue that are less invasive and less costly than open biopsy. This evolving area of breast evaluation is now filled with great expectation and uncertain future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ziewacz
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi