Advancing Breast Cancer Diagnosis with 3-D Guided Biopsy | UPMC

With traditional stereotactic biopsy, radiation oncologists have often been faced with restricted accessibility and somewhat limited imaging capabilities. Now, newly developed 3-D guided breast biopsy is showing significant improvements over traditional biopsy methods in several key clinical areas.

Jules Sumkin, DO, chief of radiology at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, discusses how 3-D guided breast biopsy is the latest in a series of advancements in the field of radiation oncology and how the screening tool offers greater accessibility, more precise imaging, and overall increased benefit to patients.