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Table 10 Studies specifically reporting on the false negative rate of identifying breast malignancies based upon the ultrasound-guided 14-gauge core diagnostic breast biopsy approach.

From: Ultrasound-guided diagnostic breast biopsy methodology: retrospective comparison of the 8-gauge vacuum-assisted biopsy approach versus the spring-loaded 14-gauge core biopsy approach

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False negative rate

Parker 1993 [78]

0% (0/34)

Nguyen 1996 [79]

2.1% (4/187)

Liberman 2000 [80]

3.7% (9/241)

Schoonjans 2001 [81]

1.7% (4/243)

Buchberger 2002 [82]

1.3% (3/234)

Memarsadeghi 2003 [83]

3.1% (5/161)

Philpotts 2003 [4]

2.8% (1/36)

Shah 2003 [84]

3.6% (3/84)

Delle Chiaie 2004 [85]

3.1% (4/128)

Fajardo 2004 [86]

2.6% (2/77)

Pijnappel 2004 [87]

11.8% (8/68)

Cho 2005 [6]

3.1% (4/128)

Crystal 2005 [88]

3.1% (10/323)

Dillon 2005 [89]

1.7% (13/769)

Sauer 2005 [90]

2.3% (14/618)

Vega Bolivar 2005 [91]

3.3% (4/122)

Wu 2006 [92]

2.4% (5/209)

Fan 2008 [93]

1.1% (18/1584)

Schueller 2008 [94]

1.6% (11/709)

Youk 2009 [95]

2.5% (50/1982)

Cumulative results

2.2% (172/7937)

Povoski 2011

2.1% (8/386)