Facts About The Devices
Since 1995, more than 10 million women worldwide have had a successful procedure using a Mammotome breast care solution.
- Biopsies using Mammotome devices are performed in an outpatient setting or doctor’s office under local anesthesia.
- Patients can return to normal daily activity immediately following a breast biopsy using Mammotome devices.
- Mammotome devices can be used to biopsy breast abnormalities in x-ray, ultrasound and MRI imaging modalities.
- Tissue samples collected using a Mammotome vacuum-assisted breast biopsy device are as reliable as open surgical biopsies and more accurate than core needle biopsies in the diagnosis of conditions associated with early breast cancer1.
- Mammotome vacuum-assisted devices are suitable for sampling breast abnormalities including microcalcifications, spiculated masses, asymmetric densities, multifocal disease and diffuse tissue.
- Millions of women can now receive care in a doctor’s office with a Mammotome breast biopsy device rather than having the lump removed by invasive surgery in an operating room.
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45596/