title: Comparing cancer detection rates of patients undergoing short term follow-up vs routine follow-up after benign breast biopsies, is follow-up needed?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare cancer rates after benign breast biopsies between patients with short term imaging follow-up (STFU) and those with routine follow-up (RFU).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of benign stereotactic, US or DCE-MRI breast biopsies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 580 lesions, 192 (33%) had STFU, and 388 (67%) had RFU. For US and mammographic detected lesions, there is no difference in cancer rates between the STFU (1 cancer, n=148) and the RFU group (0 cancer, n=365) (p=0.29). There were 2 cancers in the STFU group versus 0 in the RFU DCE-MRI group (p=0.54).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results support RFU after benign ultrasound and stereotactic breast biopsies.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Mather Pavilion, B402, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 11406, United States. Electronic address: Donna.Plecha@UHhospitals.org.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Plecha
authors.affiliation: 1500 E Sherman Blvd., Mercy Health, Muskegon, MI 49444, United States.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garlick
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Mather Pavilion, B402, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 11406, United States.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dubchuck
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Mather Pavilion, B402, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 11406, United States.
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Constantinou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Benign concordant breast biopsy; Stereotactic ultrasound MRI breast biopsy