View Single Post
Old 10-09-2009, 03:13 AM   #1
News
Senior Member
 
News's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 20,123
Needle Biopsy Is Gold Standard For Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Surgeons' Unanimous Conse

A special report published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that an alarming 35% of initial diagnostic breast biopsies in the United States are still being done using unnecessary open surgical techniques. This in spite of the fact that it costs as much as three times more than the much less invasive and equally accurate needle biopsy technique.

More...
News is offline   Reply With Quote