Predictive value of needle core biopsy diagnoses of lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) in abnormalities detected by mammographic screening

Predictive value of needle core biopsy diagnoses of lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) in abnormalities detected by mammographic screening
M E El-Sayed, E A Rakha, J Reed, A H S Lee, A J Evans, I O Ellis
Histopathology 2008, 53, 650–657

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Approximately 20% of needle core biopsy of screen-detected breast lesions classified as B3 are malignant on excision, and the likelihood of malignancy varies substantially between different histological subtypes