Breast Cancer Directory

Breast biopsy: Interpreting your risk of breast cancer
Benign breast disease can increase your risk of breast cancer.

Breast Care: Mammograms & Mammotome Breast Biopsy System
This site is dedicated to evaluating your choices to help you talk with your doctor about the breast biopsy procedure that is right for you. One of those choices is a minimally invasive breast biopsy for breast cancer diagnosis using the Mammotome® Breast Biopsy System.

Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy
Current and accurate information for patients about Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy. Learn what you might experience, how to prepare for the exam, benefits and more.

Breast Biopsy - Types & Surgical Care
Breast biospy, whether surgical or needle aspiration, is performed after a suggestive mammogram to determine whether a lump is malignant or benign.

Misdiagnosis looms as demand increases for new breast cancer biopsy
Women who opt for sentinel lymph node biopsy -- the latest way to determine if invasive breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes -- can lower the risk of misdiagnosis by first checking their doctor’s or institution’s success rates with the new test.