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For a surgical biopsy, the surgeon makes an incision in the skin and removes all or part of the abnormal tissue for examination under a microscope. Unlike needle biopsies, ... The mammography department can help your surgeon to find the area more easily by using a technique called "wire localization." ;
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www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics/wireBiops/wireBi...
www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics/wireBiops/wireBiopsWhat.shtml
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I met with the head of the Oncology Department and was told that the mass needed to be removed. She called the procedure a needle/wire localization excisional biopsy. For those of you who are not familiar with the procedure, let me explain it...
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cancerguide.org/kjessen_story.html
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Needle (Wire) Localization Biopsy ; ... Step II Same Day Surgery: To Biopsy the Abnormal Tissue; You will be brought by wheelchair from radiology, where the wire was inserted, to same day surgery. Family or friends may be with you before and after the wire localization, but not during the procedure.
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www.ucsfbreastcarecenter.org/needlewire.html
www.ucsfbreastcarecenter.org/needlewire.html
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Wire-localization biopsy. This is a preoperative procedure performed by a radiologist just before the patient is taken to surgery. The objective is to pinpoint a mammogram finding, such as microcalcifications that cannot be felt through the skin.
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www.dcis.info/biopsy-kinds.html
www.dcis.info/biopsy-kinds.html
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What is Open Surgical Biopsy? ... With "needle" or "wire" localization, the radiologist will localize (identify) the abnormality seen on a mammogram or ultrasound using a thin, hollow needle. He or she will then insert a thin wire through the center of the hollow needle to indicate the exact area of removal.
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www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/biopsy/open.asp
www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/biopsy/open.asp
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Follow your surgeon’s instructions regarding care after the procedure. Generally these include:
http://www.genesishealth.com/services/cancer/tests/wire...
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Wire localization is a technique that is used to mark the location of a breast abnormality that is quite small, or that can't be easily found by touch. Wire localization is done before a breast biopsy or lumpectomy. ... American Cancer Society. Mammograms and Other Breast Imaging Procedures. Surgical Biopsy, Wire localization.
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breastcancer.about.com/od/breastbiopsy/p/wire_localiz.h...
breastcancer.about.com/od/breastbiopsy/p/wire_localiz.htm
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This type of biopsy is performed when you have an abnormality seen on a mammogram that cannot be felt. ... You will be brought by wheelchair from radiology, where the wire was inserted, to same day surgery. Family or friends may be with you before and after the wire localization, but not during the procedure.
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www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/edu/breast/needlebiopsy.html
www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/edu/breast/needlebiopsy.html
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I've been diagnosed (magnification mamogram (mammogram)) with some micro-calcifications and have decided to have an incision biopsy. But the whole notion of wire localization sounds horrifying. I once had a needle aspiration in a breast and would NEVER go through that again.
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www.medhelp.org/posts/Breast-Cancer/Wire-Localization/s...
www.medhelp.org/posts/Breast-Cancer/Wire-Localization/show/259495
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