11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 01:56
in Health & Medicine
Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing a physician's chances of false-negative diagnoses, according to a study performed at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA...