Concordance between core needle biopsy and surgical excision for breast cancer tumor grade and biomarkers.

Aswin ShanmugalingamKerry HitosShrenik HegdeAli Al-MashatNirmala PathmanathanSenarath EdirimmaneT Michael HughesNicholas K Ngui

Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2022)

ER, PR and HER2 show high level of concordance. CNB is reliable in determining histopathological biomarkers for ER, PR positive and HER2 positive or negative tumors indicating that retesting these on SE may not be necessary.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
endoplasmic reticulum
estrogen receptor
breast cancer cells
fine needle aspiration