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Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Alzahra Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

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• Research Article   
  Assessment of the accordance between sonography and mammography reports with pathology report based on sonographic guided core needle biopsy in diagnosis of breast masses
  Author(s): Fereshteh Fakoor, Atoosa Etezadi*, Khoosheh Rassam, Khoosheh Rassam, Afshin Salary, Afshin Salary, Davood Pourmarzi and Neda Bodaghi
  
  Background: Screening programs for the early diagnosis of breast cancer lead to perform several biopsies in order to determine the breast abnormalities found in sonography and mammography. According to gradually replacement of core needle biopsy instead of more invasive methods like open surgical biopsy, it seems necessary to study the concordance between biopsy results and non-invasive diagnostic methods in order to clarify ambiguous results and confirm the reliability of non-invasive methods. Objective: The objective of this study was to match the sonography and mammography reports with core needle biopsy in patients referred to Sahand core needle biopsy center. Materials and methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was performed on 240 patients referred to Sahand Center with sonography or mammography repo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/har.2019.8.7

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