Applications
All current applications and reviews are posted here to ensure transparency and increase awareness.
| Project Date | Proposal | Status / Final Outcome | ||
| 1/1/1993 |
Stereotactic Large Core Needle Breast Biopsy
Device consists of treatment table, stereotactic mammography and needle "gun;" enables core biopsies to be taken from deep breast tissue instead of the convention method of wire-guided open surgical biopsy. |
CTAAB found this technique to be as reliable as open surgical biopsy, but is less disfiguring, time consuming and costly. CTAAB recommended a limit of no more than two of these devices in the region, until more is known about how they will be used. |