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Breast Biopsy: Core Needle vs. Fine Needle Biopsy

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 27 11:53pm | Replies (17)

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@katrina123

swal1234,

I was curious about this also. The following is information that I found on the internet.

Core-needle biopsy makes it possible to establish a final diagnosis more frequently than fine-needle biopsy, both in the case of benign and malignant lesions. It delivers more information about the nature of a tumor (mutation of HER-2, estrogen and progesterone receptors and Ki-67 index).

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Thank you! I have been wondering if there was a reason why our facility only does the core.