Clinical evaluation of core needle biopsy in breast mass

Objective: To explore the clinical diagnosis value of core needle biopsy(CNB) in breast mass.Methods: Sixty four cases of clinical palpable breast masses were detected with CNB and open biopsy(OB),the pathologic findings of CNB and OB were compared and analyzed.Results: In the 64 cases,the diagnose accordance rate between CNB and OB was 98.4%.These two methods had the high concordance(k=0.925) and no statistical significance(P>0.05).Conclusions: CNB and OB have the high pathological diagnosis uniformity in examination of breast mass.CNB is worth being recommended widely for clinical application.