title: [The role and efficacy of Mammotome biopsy (vacuum-assisted breast biopsy)].
abstract: Mammotome (Vacuum-assisted Breast Biopsy System) is a device for needle biopsy of the breast which is useful for the biopsy of non-palpable lesions. Although Mammotome biopsy is performed on mammography or ultrasound guided, mammography -guided (stereotactic) Mammotome is more important because it is almost only devise for the biopsy of non-palpable microcalcifications. We performed 1000 cases of stereotactic Mammotome biopsy between February 2000 and February 2005 in Cancer Institute Hospital, 31% of the cases were diagnosed as cancer, among these cases 83% were noninvasive carcinoma and 17% were invasive. Of the cases which Mammotome revealed noninvasive carcinoma 17% were found to have invasive lesions after the operation. Mammotome is useful device for the diagnosis of early breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Goi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014618:Vacuum