Onkológia 2/2012

Vacuum-assisted biopsy – new trend in the histologization of non-palpable breast lesions

The article discusses the principle of vacuum-assisted biopsy, which now represents a trend in the histologization of non-palpable breast lesions. At the same time it informs about indications and methods of navigation under imaging-related guidance. The authors of the paper present two case reports, which demostrate the benefit of the method in the early diagnosis of minimal breast cancer.

Keywords: vacuum-assisted biopsy, histologization, non-palpable breast lesion, interventional procedures, indications.