MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy: Influence of Choice of Vacuum Biopsy System on the Mode of Biopsy of MRI-Only Suspicious Breast Lesions

MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy: Influence of Choice of Vacuum Biopsy System on the Mode of Biopsy of MRI-Only Suspicious Breast Lesions
Simone Schrading, Birgit Simon, Michael Braun, Eva Wardelmann, Hans H. Schild, and Christiane K. Kuhl
AJR 2010;194:1650-1657


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Because of the procedural advantages of use of the console-based system, smaller lesions were biopsied in less time and with higher operator confidence. This result translated into a major shift in the care of patients with MRI-only lesions away from lesion localization toward increased use of MRI-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy