Elisabetta Giannotti1, Jonathan J James2, Yan Chen3, Rachel Sun2, Amanjot Karuppiah2, Julie Yemm4, Andrew H S Lee5. 1. Nottingham Breast Institute, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham City Hospital Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG51PB, UK. Elisabetta.Giannotti@nuh.nhs.uk. 2. Nottingham Breast Institute, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham City Hospital Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG51PB, UK. 3. Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham City Hospital Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG51PB, UK. 4. Department of Radiology, King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Mansfield, NG174JL, UK. 5. Department of Histopathology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham City Hospital Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG51PB, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Traditionally B3 breast lesions are treated surgically, but overtreatment is a concern, as the majority have a final benign diagnosis. A national screening program introduced vacuum-assisted excision (VAE) for managing B3 lesions in late 2016. This retrospective study aimed to assess the outcomes associated with this approach. METHODS: All B3 lesions diagnosed between 01/2017 and 12/2019 were identified at two centres. Information was obtained on the initial biopsy and final histology, and method of VAE image guidance, needle size and number of cores. Lesions were excluded if there was cancer elsewhere in the breast at the time of diagnosis; the lesion was not suitable for VAE due to position in the breast or had B3 pathology for which open biopsy was still required. The final decision to offer VAE was always made at a multidisciplinary meeting (MDM). Risk difference was used to test the significance at p ≤ .05. RESULTS: In total, 258 B3 lesions were diagnosed, 105 (40.7%) met the inclusion criteria and underwent VAE. VAE was performed under X-ray (89/105) or ultrasound guidance (16/105), taking an average of 18.5 cores with the 10-G needle or 10.8 cores with the 7-G needle. Nine cases (8.6%) were upgraded to a malignant diagnosis following VAE. Malignancy was found in 15.5% (9/58) of B3 lesions with epithelial atypia, but in none without atypia (0/47) (p = .004). No new lesions or malignancy has occurred at the site of the VAE with an average mammographic follow-up of 2.2 years. CONCLUSION: Upgrade to malignancy following VAE was uncommon (8.6%) and associated with atypia in the initial biopsy. VAE is an alternative approach to the management of B3 lesions, reducing open surgical procedures. KEY POINTS: • Upgrade to malignancy after a vacuum-assisted excision of a B3 breast lesion is uncommon with an 8.6% upgrade rate. • The risk of a malignant diagnosis after a vacuum-assisted excision was significantly higher for B3 lesions with atypia compared to those without (+15.5% difference, p = .004).
OBJECTIVES: Traditionally B3 breast lesions are treated surgically, but overtreatment is a concern, as the majority have a final benign diagnosis. A national screening program introduced vacuum-assisted excision (VAE) for managing B3 lesions in late 2016. This retrospective study aimed to assess the outcomes associated with this approach. METHODS: All B3 lesions diagnosed between 01/2017 and 12/2019 were identified at two centres. Information was obtained on the initial biopsy and final histology, and method of VAE image guidance, needle size and number of cores. Lesions were excluded if there was cancer elsewhere in the breast at the time of diagnosis; the lesion was not suitable for VAE due to position in the breast or had B3 pathology for which open biopsy was still required. The final decision to offer VAE was always made at a multidisciplinary meeting (MDM). Risk difference was used to test the significance at p ≤ .05. RESULTS: In total, 258 B3 lesions were diagnosed, 105 (40.7%) met the inclusion criteria and underwent VAE. VAE was performed under X-ray (89/105) or ultrasound guidance (16/105), taking an average of 18.5 cores with the 10-G needle or 10.8 cores with the 7-G needle. Nine cases (8.6%) were upgraded to a malignant diagnosis following VAE. Malignancy was found in 15.5% (9/58) of B3 lesions with epithelial atypia, but in none without atypia (0/47) (p = .004). No new lesions or malignancy has occurred at the site of the VAE with an average mammographic follow-up of 2.2 years. CONCLUSION: Upgrade to malignancy following VAE was uncommon (8.6%) and associated with atypia in the initial biopsy. VAE is an alternative approach to the management of B3 lesions, reducing open surgical procedures. KEY POINTS: • Upgrade to malignancy after a vacuum-assisted excision of a B3 breast lesion is uncommon with an 8.6% upgrade rate. • The risk of a malignant diagnosis after a vacuum-assisted excision was significantly higher for B3 lesions with atypia compared to those without (+15.5% difference, p = .004).
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