Comparing cancer detection rates of patients undergoing short term follow-up vs routine follow-up after benign breast biopsies, is follow-up needed?

摘要

Purpose: To compare cancer rates after benign breast biopsies between patients with short term imaging followup (STFU) and those with routine follow-up (RFU). Materials & methods: Retrospective review of benign stereotactic, US or DCE-MRI breast biopsies. Results: Of580 lesions, 192 (33%) had STFU, and 388 (67%) had RFU. For US and mammographic detected lesions," there is no difference in cancer rates between the STFU (1 cancer, n = 148) and the RFU group (0 cancer, n = 365) (p = 0.29). There were 2 cancers in the STFU group versus 0 in the RFU DCE-MRI group (p = 0.54). Conclusion: Our results support RFU after benign ultrasound and stereotactic breast biopsies. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.