TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 29. Stereotactic Breast Biopsy A1 - Stack, Rand A1 - Lerner, Arthur A2 - Kuerer, Henry M. PY - 2010 T2 - Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology AB - Minimally invasive breast biopsies are rapidly replacing open surgical biopsy. Percutaneous breast biopsy can be performed with several possible guidance technologies. Other chapters in this book describe techniques for ultrasound-guided minimally invasive biopsy of lesions detected with ultrasound, and for percutaneous biopsy of palpable breast lesions based upon palpation. Stereotactic breast biopsy is a minimally invasive technique for the sampling of nonpalpable breast lesions detected on mammography.1,2 If the lesion is only visualized on one imaging modality, that modality should be used for guidance during the biopsy procedure. In cases where the lesion is visualized by more than 1 imaging modality, the modality utilized for guiding the biopsy device should be the modality expected to afford the least complicated biopsy. Stereotactic breast biopsy technology was introduced into the United States by Dr. Kambiz Dowlat, a surgeon at Rush University Medical College, in the late 1980s (Fig. 29-1).3 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6410831 ER -