ANALYSIS OF CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY VERSUS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH OF PALPABLE BREAST MASS.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women globally. Triple assessment   was prompted worldwide which    includes clinical (Palpation), radiological (Ultrasonography& Mammography) and cytological (Fine needle aspiration/ FNA/FNAC) assessment. But in recent times, there was a gradual   increase   in demand of core needle biopsy (CNB) instead of 
Fine needle aspiration as a tool for preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer. There are some major limitations of Fine needle aspiration like inability to pick up some borderline lesions such as atypical ductal hyperplasia, in situ carcinoma, and also it is quite difficult to distinguish these lesions from invasive carcinoma.