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The doctors want a breast biopsy. cant i do serial imaging instead?
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Not good option: Presumably, a good clinical breast exam, mammogram-perhaps with special views, comparison woth prior studies, ultrasound done before the rec. Of biopsy is made. Interpretating and predicting what will be benign vs malignant is very difficult today. Behind decision is defensive medicine (breast ca #1 malpractice in some areas). So even getting 2nd opinion prob won't help. That's american medicine.
Answered 12/31/2022
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Depends: The answer depends on what your physical exam and mammogram or ultrasound show. In some cases, it is reasonable to do monitoring with imaging but in other cases a needle biopsy is needed. If you have questions, get a 2nd opinion from a breast specialist.
Answered 7/8/2012
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Usually when a: biopsy is recommended on the basis of mammography/ultrasound, the probability that the lesion is malignant is too high for serial imaging follow up to be prudent. Serial imaging is only recommended for lesions with very low(
Answered 11/12/2014
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