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Table 4 Published series of ultrasound-guided CNB

From: Accuracy of 16/18G core needle biopsy for ultrasound-visible breast lesions

Author

Year

Core needle size

No. malignant at CNB

False-negative rate

Parker et al. [32]

1993

14G

34

0/34 (0%)

Smith et al. [10]

2001

14G

124

0/128 (0%)

Schoonjans et al. [11]

2001

14G

234

9/243 (3.7%)

Memarsadhegi et al. [12]

2003

14G

161

5/166 (3.0%)

Cystal et al. [13]

2005

14G

311

12/323 (3.7%)

Sauer et al. [14]

2005

14G

603

11/618 (1.8%)

Dillon et al. [33]

2005

14G

769

13/769 (1.7%)

Schueller et al. [16]

2008

14G

698

11/709 (1.6%)

Youk et al. [17]

2010

14G

1932

50/1982 (2.5%)

Povoski et al. [18]

2011

14G

386

8/386 (2.1%)

Present study

 

16G/18G

803

12/851 (1.4%)