Erschienen in:
01.10.2009 | Poster presentation
Is it safe practice not to biopsy fibroadenomas in women under 30?
verfasst von:
K Taylor, P Britton, L Sonoda, M Wallis, R Sinnatamby
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 2/2009
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Excerpt
Fibroadenomas (FAs) present as common breast lesions in young women, often necessitating core biopsy/fine needle aspiration. Our unit protocol has been to biopsy suspected FAs in women aged 20 years and over. Literature suggests there is a case for safe non-biopsy in the under 25 s. We wanted to establish whether it would be safe practice to stop biopsying FAs in women <30 years of age. …