"The Panel strongly believes that minimally invasive breast biopsy should be performed before definitive treatment in every possible case." -Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2005;201:586-597. (Silverstein, et al., 2005, p. 591)

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Liberman L, Sama MP.
Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic 11-gauge directional vacuum-assisted breast biopsy. AJR 2000;175:53-58.

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Silverstein MJ, Lagios MD, Recht A, et al.
Image-detected breast cancer: state of the art diagnosis and treatment. J Am Coll Surg 2005;201:586-597.

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Grady I, Gorusch H, Wilburn-Bailey S.
Ultrasound-guided, vacuum-assisted percutaneous excision of breast lesions: an accurate technique in diagnosis of atypical ductal hyperplasia. J Am Coll Surg 2005;201:14-17.

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