[Value of stereotaxic biopsy in diagnosis of subclinical breast lesions].
ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY: New stereotactic guided breast biopsy procedures may constitute a major issue for the diagnosis of non-palpable breast lesions detected at mammography by eliminating the need for surgery in many women with benign breast disease.


METHODS
Vacuum-assisted core biopsies provide more complete sampling than the conventional 14-gauge stereo-tactic core biopsies, reducing the number of unsatisfactory biopsies. The more invasive advanced breast biopsy device obtains an intact lesion in its entirety for histological assessment. Currently, there is no definite strategy delineating the precise indications for the diagnosis of screening detected abnormalities.


CONCLUSIONS
Because of the increase of the diagnostic armamentarium, care of women with non-palpable breast lesions should be multidisciplinary, involving radiologist, surgeons and histologists and rigorous medical and economic evaluation of diagnostic strategies involving these new health technologies should be pursued.
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Comité d'Evaluation et de Diffusion des Innovations Technologiques, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris.
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Baffert
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Féry-Lemonnier
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests