A Comprehensive Guide to Core Needle Biopsies of the Breast

Sandra J. Shin, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chief of Breast Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Essential Components of a Successful Breast Core Needle Biopsy Program: Imaging Modalities, Sampling Techniques, Specimen Processing, Radiologic/Pathologic Correlation, and Appropriate Follow-Up.- Pattern Based Evaluation of Breast Core Needle Biopsies.- Multiples in Core Biopsy Samples.- Inflammatory, Reactive, and Infectious Conditions of the Breast.- Adenosis, Sclerosing Lesions, Microglandular Adenosis and Mucocele-Like Lesions.- Papillary and Adenomyoepithelial Tumors.- Fibroepithelial Lesions in Women, Adolescents/Children and Males.- The Spectrum of Columnar Cell Lesions.- Intra-Ductal Proliferations (DCIS, ADH and UDH).- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Including Microinvasive Carcinoma, Tubular Carcinoma and Cribriform Carcinoma.- Triple Negative/Basal-like Breast Carcinomas.- Less Common Triple Negative Breast Cancer.- Special Histologic Types of Breast Cancer: Mucinous, Secretory, Micropapillary, Neuroendocrine, Cystic Hypersecretory, Glycogen-Rich Clear Cell, and Carcinoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells.- Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia and Lobular Carcinoma In Situ Helena Hwang and Sunati Sahoo.- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.- Benign and Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors.- Vascular Lesions of the Breast.- Breast Tumors in Adolescents/Children and Males.- Lesions of the Nipple.- Lymphoid and Hematopoietic Tumors of the Breast.- Special Clinical Settings: Tumors Arising in Pregnancy, Pregnancy-Like (Pseudolactational) Proliferations, Breast Carcinoma in the Pre-Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Setting, Recurrent Breast Carcinoma, Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma.- Current Standard Clinical Predictive Markers.- Future Role of Molecular Profiling in Small Breast Samples and Personalized Medicine.- Metastases to the Breast.- Dermatologic Mimickers of Breast Lesions Arising in the Breast Skin, Subcutis or Axilla. 

"This book covers an enormous amount of material related to breast core biopsies. ... The photographs are a real standout in this book both in terms of technical quality and how well the sequences of images highlight important points in the surrounding text. ... The book does a good job of providing detailed information on a very specific field and presenting it in a format that is user friendly for pathology residents and surgical pathologists." (Linton Sellen, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2017)