title: [Mammotomy, new technique not only for breast cancer].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vacuum biopsy device (mammotome) was primary developed for invasive diagnosis of the mammary gland.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Radiological department of Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute we use the mammotome not only for breast tissue sampling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The device is used also for extraction of tumor specimens in advanced epithelial, mesenchymal or the other histological type of tumors for further chemoresistance testing.
authors.affiliation: Radiologické oddelení, Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno. bartonkova@mou.cz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bartonková
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demlová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneiderová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanák
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014618:Vacuum