PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - PARK, HAI LIN
AU  - YANG, BORA
AU  - SHIN, JI EUN
AU  - KIM, JI-YOUNG
AU  - SHIN, JEONG YUN
AU  - SHIN, EUNAH
AU  - NOH, SONGMI
AU  - KIM, JAE HONG
TI  - Additional Excision Biopsy in Patients With Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia at Ultrasound-guided Vacuum-assisted Breast Biopsy
AID  - 10.21873/anticanres.15698
DP  - 2022 Apr 01
TA  - Anticancer Research
PG  - 2159--2165
VI  - 42
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/42/4/2159.short
4100  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/42/4/2159.full
SO  - Anticancer Res2022 Apr 01; 42
AB  - Background/Aim: We conducted this single-center, retrospective study to identify predictors of upgrading to malignancy and to discuss the necessity of additional excision biopsy in patients who were diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) at ultrasound (US)-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) based on our 18-year, single-center experience. Patients and Methods: The current study was conducted in a total of 12,160 patients who were evaluated at our medical institution during an 18-year period between January of 2003 and December of 2020. We included the patients who were diagnosed with ADH at US-guided VABB using the Mammotome® (Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA). We therefore included a total of 114 patients (n=114) with ADH in the current study. Results: Of 114 eligible patients, 36 underwent additional excision biopsy and the remaining 78 did not. Of these 36 patients, 15 were found to have an upgrading to malignancy at a rate of upgrading of 41.7%. These include 7 cases (46.6%) of low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), 3 cases (20.0%) of intermediate grade DCIS, 1 case (6.7%) of microinvasive DCIS, 3 cases (20.0%) of multifocal lobular carcinoma in situ, and 1 case (6.7%) of mucinous carcinoma. Finally, only suspicious microcalcification on mammography was a significant predictor of upgrading to malignancy (p=0.023). Conclusion: An additional excision biopsy is recommended to reduce the rate of upgrading to malignancy in patients who were diagnosed with ADH through a US-guided VABB.