Practical Challenges of DBT-Guided VABB: Harms and Benefits, from Literature to Clinical Experience.

ABSTRACT: Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) guided by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) represents one of the best instruments to obtain a histological diagnosis of suspicious lesions with no ultrasound correlation or those which are visible only on DBT. After a review of the literature, we retrospectively analyzed the DBT-guided VABBs performed from 2019 to 2022 at our department. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and χ² test were used to compare distributions of age, breast density (BD) and early performance measures including histopathology. We used kappa statistics to evaluate the agreement between histological assessment and diagnosis. Finally, we compared our experience to the literature to provide indications for clinical practice. We included 85 women aged 41-84 ye

SUBMITTER: Tari DU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10742222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature