Utility of detection of breast calcifications with integrated real-time radiography system (IRRS) during digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)-guided vacuum assisted biopsy (VAB): initial single-center experience.

Although there is a statistical significative difference between calcified and non-calcified samples and the detection of cancer (p < 0.001), our study shows that the sole presence of calcifications in the specimens is not sufficient to determine their adequacy for final diagnosis at pathology because non-calcified samples can be cancerous and vice-versa. Ending biopsies when calcifications are first detected through IRRS could lead to false negative results.