Frequency and Upgrade Rates of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Diagnosed at Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy: 9-Versus 11-Gauge

Frequency and Upgrade Rates of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Diagnosed at Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy: 9-Versus 11-Gauge
Peter R. Eby, Jennifer E. Ochsner, Wendy B. DeMartini, Kimberly H. Allison, Sue Peacock, and Constance D. Lehman
AJR 2009;192:229-234

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Compared with an 11-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy device, the use of a larger 9-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy needle does not decrease the upgrade rate of ADH. Our frequency of ADH at vacuum-assisted breast biopsy is higher than any previously reported and may reflect regional differences in the incidence of breast cancer or practice patterns of the pathologist

Sonographic Surveillance for the Detection of Contralateral Metachronous Breast Cancer in an Asian Population

Sonographic Surveillance for the Detection of Contralateral Metachronous Breast Cancer in an Asian Population
Min Jung Kim, Eun-Kyung Kim, Jin Young Kwak, Byeong-Woo Park, Seung-Il Kim, Joohyuk Sohn, and Ki Keun Oh
AJR 2009;192:221-228

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With a false-negative rate of only 0.06% and a PPV of 41.0% for the biopsy recommendation rate, our results suggest that annual sonography could be a useful adjunctive tool to mammography for the detection of metachronous contralateral cancers

Timed Efficiency of Interpretation of Digital and Film-Screen Screening Mammograms

Timed Efficiency of Interpretation of Digital and Film-Screen Screening Mammograms
Tamara Miner Haygood, Jihong Wang, E. Neely Atkinson, Deanna Lane, Tanya W. Stephens, Parul Patel, and Gary J. Whitman
AJR 2009;192:216-22

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Digital mammograms take longer to read than film-screen mammograms, independent variables. Exclusive use of digital comparison studies may not cause interpretation times to drop enough to approach the interpretation time required for of otherfilm-screen mammograms

Interpretation and Clinical Applications of Breast MRI: Self-Assessment Module

Interpretation and Clinical Applications of Breast MRI: Self-Assessment Module
Linda Moy and Cecilia L. Mercado
AJR 2008;191:60-67

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